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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [143r] (303/426)
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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nhich the Shaikh of the Ban! Bu All claimed on allowance of
500 dollars a month, and agreed that a customs house shou Id be
established at Alqa, but contended that no taxes should be
levied on the inhabitants of the Tillage itself, and he added
that he could not be responsible for his followers if they were
made to pay customs. Saiyid Said not unnaturally rejected these
terms but postponed definite action in this connection to a
later date.
7. At the end of September the Council of Ministers
addressed a letter to the
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.
expressing the view
ttet it was necessary to establish customs control over Aiqa
and that Saiyid Said wished to proceed there with this object
in view, and intended to take with him 50 men of the levies
and proceed in the "Al Said". They further stated that
Saiyid Said proposed, after having arrived at Aiqa and
established a customs post there, to inform Shaikh Ali that
while customs duty would in future be levied at Aiqa, certain
articles for his own personal use would, as previously, be
free. The Council of Ministers asked that one of His Majesty* s
ships should be present at Sur while the above arrangements were
being carried out, both as a threat to the Bani Bu Ali and as
a support in case of emergency. Subsequently, as H.M.S.
"Penzance" was visiting Sur on the 23rd October, Saiyid Said
asked if he could be given a passage in her and was informed
in reply that there was no objection. He had already been
previously informed that under no circumstances could a sloop
give any active assistance, and Saiyid Said was therefore
well aware that he could only count on the moral support which
a passage in His Majesty’s ship gave him.
8. While I have not yet received details of what
exactly took place at Sur, it seems dear that the Bani Bu
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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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- Title
- 'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.'
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- front, front-i, 1br:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 3r:10v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:13v, 14ar:14bv, 15r:35v, 36ar:36bv, 37r:73v, 81v:86v, 88r:88v, 89v, 90ar:90bv, 91r:116v, 119v:173v, 174v, 176v:182v, 183v:203v, back-i, back
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