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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [163r] (343/426)
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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present. It was therefore considered desirable, in order to
avoid the risk of any further trouble with the Jennebeh and to
strengthen the position of the State at Sur, to Interview the
people of Alqa and to try and effect a settlement with them.
*• It will be seen that at first they assumed a
conciliatory attitude, but the following day appeared to have
changed their mind. As Captain Alban points out, ths inhabitant
oi ..iqa are not, I think, particularly a warlike or militant
people, are between the devil and the deep sea. On the one
hand they are agraid of their own Shaikh, and on the other are
loth themselves to resist the Unseat State.
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4. The rest of the despatch does not, I think, call for
further explanation or comments, but there is one point in the
letter from the President of the Council of the 30th October
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.
, regarding which I have questioned
Captain Alban. The President of the Council writes in the
third paragraph - In «y previous letters I requested assistance
t*m Hi. ajesty' a Government, but I have not so far been favoured
with a reply*. Maj or owle, when acting as
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.
,
informed 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.
that under no circumstances could a
•loop give more than moral support, and Captai. Alban tells me
that ne took this telegram over to Saiyid Said, and read it to
him. saiyid Said's statement therefore is not strictly accurate.
The matter is not of much practical importance, but I thought it
better to clear it up in case it might be thought that Saiyid
aid ha d been l 6ft ln d0llbt „ to whether at that Hie
Uaj esty' s Government were prepared to authori.e a .loop to
support hi* or not. He was left in no doubt.
I am .ending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty.
Secretary
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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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