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Coll 20/22 'Muscat: Appointment of a Political Officer as Adviser to Sultan' [‎30r] (58/77)

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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Confidential
Air Mail.
No. P.549-N/37
New Delhi, the 5th February 1936
Fbh
My dear Fowle,
yfould you please refer to my confidential demi-
official letter of the 29th November with which I sent
,you a note on the discussion held by me with His Highness
the bultan of Muscat on the 17 th November ? 1 sent a
copy of tne same note to Malton and enclose for your
information a copy of extracts from the letter which I
have received from him in reply.
/
2 * You wil1 no doubt agree, as we do, with \ 7 alton T s
general remarks as to the desirability of maintaining
as friendly relations as possible with the Sultan at
the present juncture. Tith regard to paragraph 3 ,
nothing was said here about any proposal to visit Italy
and I do not suppose that you have any further information.
Personally I should be inclined to deprecate any attempt
to dissuade His Highness from going there, if he has
made up his mind to do so. That opinion is however
based on a' comparatively slight acquaintance with the
Sultan and I snould be grateful for your views on the
queiDtion raised by '//alton at the end of paragraph 3 .
^- n Paragraph 4 of his letter ,/alton raises two
quest i ons
(a) that of providing the Sultan with a British Officer.
We have already had some Private and Personal correspondence
on this subject and I have written to you demi-off icially
asking for your general views. This is a matter in
wnich tne ficeroy is also raking a personal interest and
he hopes that it may be possiblefto make some officer
a/ailable 101 the purpose. Have you any suggestions ?
(B)/

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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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