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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [168r] (353/426)
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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IFQ 27
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Telegrams
7 r om:
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.
, s. s.’’Chakla”
To:
Goverrment of India,Foreign and Political
Department, New Delhi.
Repeated: Secretary of State for India,London.
No. T.87.
Dated the 5th December 1931
Secretary of State’s telegram No.3530 of 4th
December. SIR
/.
I think all that is necessary at present is that
I should be authorised to inform Shaikh Ali that His Majesty’s
Government will not tolerate indefinitely defiance of
authority of Muscat State on the coast, and that Saiyid Sfhid
has their support in insisting on payment of customs and
registration of dhows, exemption being given to Shaikh for his
personal imports up to limited amounts.
2. If I can do this he will probably climb down. If
he does not, probability is that he will retire inland. If
so, I consider that Muscat State should send levies and State
yacht to AI^A to support authority of Wali in enforcing above
measures, and that sloop should stand by with authority to
resist any act of aggression on part of Shaikh Ali.
3. At present authority asked for in paragraph 1
only is necessary, and future action must depend on subsequent
development s.
Post copy forwarded 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.
, Muscat,
for information.
Resident
Confidential Assistant.
s. s. w Chakla w ,
dated the 5th December 1931.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
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 View the complete information for this record
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- '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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