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Coll 20/36 'Muscat: Proposal (by a Mr C. S. J. Collier) to institute a State Post Office in Muscat' [17r] (35/62)
The record is made up of 1 file (29 folios). It was created in 4 Mar 1940-13 Mar 1941. It was written in English. 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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P.Z.3079/40
SECRET
EXTRACT MUSCAT INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY NO.5. of 1940 FOR THE PERIOD
PROM 16TH TO 29TK FEBRUARY 1940 .
57. Reference paragraph No.47 of Muscat Intelligence
Summary No.4 of 1940.
Mr.C.S.J.Collier, C.M.G.,called on me on February the
16th. He said that he was on his way to Afghanistan where he
hoped to further British trading interests. The object of his
visit to Muscat was to interest the Sultan in a plan to inaugurate
a State post office in Muscat. It seemed that he had some pre
liminary conversation with Rai Sahib Dulichand, ex-Director of
Revenues of the Muscat State, in London in 1938. However the
Sultan had not displayed any interest in the scheme and made it
clear that he did not wish to see Mr. Collier. The postal question
was not the only reason for his visit as he also stated that
he was interested in introducing or in inducing the Sultan to
introduce a new coinage into Muscat. The Sultan shov/ed no
interest in this scheme. As he found it impossible to make any
progress Mr. Collier decided to leave Muscat by the down mail on
February the 17th.
In the course of conversation Mr. Collier informed me
that he had been unable to obtain a visa for Egypt in London.
However he experienced no difficulty in going to Cairo from Tort
Said and seemed to have made some sort of proposition to the
Egyptian Government in regard to the supply of arms and ammunition
by a Greek firm. I gathered that he did not anticipate that the
Egyptian Government would seriously consider his offer and he said
he hac^celled at Jedda after leaving Egypt and made the same
proposition to the Hedjaz Government also without success.
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Correspondence between Charles Saint John Collier and various offices and departments of the British and Indian governments, including the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. , and the Treasury. The correspondence is regarding Collier's attempts to institute a State Post Office and new coinage in Muscat, with himself as agent. Also contained within the file is correspondence between 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. and Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in which Collier's proposals, motives, and movements are discussed.
Folios 24-29 are draft agreements for Muscat's membership of the Postal Union and appointment of Collier as agent to the Muscat state, presumably written by Collier himself.
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 29; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
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- Coll 20/36 'Muscat: Proposal (by a Mr C. S. J. Collier) to institute a State Post Office in Muscat'
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- front, front-i, 1r:5v, 12r:15v, 17r:23v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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