Coll 20/14(5) 'Muscat: Sultan's visit to UK in 1938: Deputation of Lt Col G. Dalyell of the Binns as ''attached'' officer' [‎8r] (15/78)

Minute Paper
P.Z.1861/38.
political Department.
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Mrs.Dalyell
will also
receive free
accommodat i on.
Hs.22.50 per
mensem, plus
£30 sterling
overseas pay.
The Sultan of Muscat, accompanied by three State
officials, is due to reach England on the 2&th March
and is to be treated as the guest of H.M.G. for a period
of about a fortnight from the date of arrival.
2. Although His Highness speaks and understands
English it has been agreed by all concerned that as is
usual in such cases an officer who is well acquainted
with the Arab language and Arab customs should be
attached to the party during the period of official
hospitality. In the absence of 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,who is unable to come to England owing to an
immediate job of work a.t Muscat, the post has been
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offered to and accepted by Lieut.Colonel G.D&lyell of
The Binns, C.I.E., a foimer 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. at Bahrein.
3. Colonel Dalyell is now on leave pending
retirement, which will expire on the 21st April, and is
in receipt of leave salary equivalent to half pay
subject to a maximum of £111 a month. He is actually
drav/ing the maximum. While on duty with the Sultan he
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will receive free hotel accommodation which ; together with
his incidental expenses, will be paid for by the
Government Hospitality Fund. But he will no doubt have
to incur some expenditure which cannot be borne by the
Fund and with the concurrence of Finance Department it is
proposed to place him on deputation under Fundamental
Rule 51 (l) (b) 'for the period necessarily occupied in
connection with his duties as ’’attached” officer. After
consultation with the Government of India it is proposed
that deputation pay should be based on the officer’s tim
scale pay in the Indian Political Service The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47. , which will
give him the difference between £146 a month and his
leave/
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