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Coll 20/22 'Muscat: Appointment of a Political Officer as Adviser to Sultan' [18r] (34/77)
The record is made up of 1 file (37 folios). It was created in 13 Jan 1938-27 Sep 1938. 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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Air Mail.
Confidential.
External Affairs Department,
New Delhi, the 17th March 1938.
My dear Fowle,
Please refer to your demi-official letter No.l67-S, dated
the 10th March on the subject of the deputation of a Political
Officer to Muscat. You suggest the possibility of Galloway
and the choice would seem to be in every way desirable provided
that the Sultan agrees. There is however no prospect of Galloway
acsdxfchxx beire; available until about October, as we cannot
his,
find another officer until then to take Jdgiplace as Secretary
at Bushire. The same difficulty however applies to almost ary-
other officer vfao could be mentioned, so that I see no objec
tion to your mentioning the matter to the Sultan when you see
him in London and ascertaining his reactions to the proposal.
This letter should reach you at Bahrain before you leave dor
London, but I am sending a copy to Walton by Air Mail which
will certainly reach him before you arrive in London and I have
asked him to di ow it to you as soon as you arrive.
Yours sincerely,
Sd. H.A.F. Metcalfe.
To
The Hon’ble Lt. Ool. Sir Trenchard Fowle, KCIE., OBE.,
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.
.
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Correspondence, minutes, and notes relating to the appointment of a British officer as adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Potential candidates are put forward and discussed. The principal correspondents are officials from 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. , Government of India (External Affairs Department), and 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. .
The correspondence concerns other questions of British relations with the Sultan and the need to remain on friendly terms, including the matter of the Arms Traffic Subsidy, a tour of the United Kingdom, and the undesirability of a projected visit to Italy by the Sultan.
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- 1 file (37 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 39; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-38; these numbers are also written in pencil, and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 20/22 'Muscat: Appointment of a Political Officer as Adviser to Sultan'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r, 3r:39r, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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