Coll 7/27 'Muscat: supply of a Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to Muscat State; supply of guns and ammunition to Sultan' [‎85v] (170/196)

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Correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition, received from Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd, the Sultan of Muscat. Following an initial request for a Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to equip the Muscat Levy Corps, the correspondence discusses the following: the Sultan's visit to Chatham; his subsequent request for naval guns; a request for weapons catalogues; the design of a field carriage for the Sultan's naval Hotchkiss gun; and arrangements for export licences and the transportation of goods. The file also contains copies of a brief telegraphic correspondence between the Sultan and the French Premier Édouard Daladier, regarding the supply of rifle chargers.

The principal correspondents are: the 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. Political Department; the 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; and the Sultan of Muscat.

A report by Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle on the armament levels and requirements of the Muscat Levy Corps can be found at folios 95-97.

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1 item (98 folios)

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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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English in Latin script

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