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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [‎137r] (291/426)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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35/134
Telegram
From
To
Political Besident, Bushire
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat,
No 554
Dated 30th October 1931
IMPORTANT
Your 252.
I am always averse from sending
a warship to deal with any incident unless it
has authority to take action. Such authority
could not he given to Penzance and measure would
he pure bluff. I instructed you to suggest to
Council that action by launch should be limited
to trying to intercept dhows before the^reached
Sur. Apparently they have now sent launch with
very small force to Sur itself, and there would
seem to be every likelihood of further incident
occurring. Please urge very strongly necessity
for caution on Syed Said. While I have every
sympathy with his difficulties every possible
effort should be made to avoid conflict. Levies
if landed should only reinforce Sur garrison and
should not take action against Aiqa.
Resident
o

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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.

Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and Reginald George Alban, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.

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1 volume (203 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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