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Coll 20/2 'Administration: Question of abdication of Sultan; Succession and Subsidies; Question of abrogation of treaties with USA and France' [‎224r] (447/757)

The record is made up of 1 file (375 folios). It was created in 7 Oct 1930-26 Aug 1948. It was written in English and French. 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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BY AIR IAAIL.
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Coniiaential demi-official letter from the

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non* ble lieutenant Colonel H.V. Biscoe, Political
Resident, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to P.V. Wylie, Esquire, C. I.E. x^Yi
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Deputy Secretary (Poieign)to the Government of India,
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P r o.701-3., aated the 31st December 1929.
Will you please refer to Acheson's demi-official
Bo .P. 534-If/29, da tea 24 th September 1929.
fou will since nave received my letter Bo.688-3.,
aated 28th December 1929 regarding muscat affairs. 1
have hopes that if the measures therein advocated are
approved it may be possible at any rate to postpone the
abdication of the Sultan for some time to come.
It is however aesirable to oe prepared for all
contingencies ana i therefore forward herewith a valuable
note by xuirphy regarding the system of succession.
I agree with the views therein expressed. I think
the misconception is due to the fact that formerly the
Imams of Oman were rulers of muscat, and since the Imamate
always was ana is elective, the assumption has been made
that the Sultanate was also elective; this, however, is
not the case, and since its separation from the Imamate
no Sultan has ever been elected.
This point is brought out oy no rimer. Writing of
the changes initiated by ixamad 1784-92 (Gazetteer, Volume 1,
page 419) he states " A tendency towards hereditary
sovereignt^^was confirmed under the first rulas of the
Al Bu Saidi line" and later describes the regime as
co _ §3 one oi " im P er *‘ e ct heredity". In nis account of Azzan’s
h cji'
— C '—
£ % ^ reign nowever ne writes tpage ^83) "Early in his reign
o Q
a m
Azzan seems to have been proclaimed ’Imam* by his priestly
;r supporters* out it aoes not appear that the title, though
f -3 o £ j often app-Lied to him, ever receivea the needful ratification
of the tribes as a whole".

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The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, and draft correspondence related to the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal of Muscat [Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in 1932. The early correspondence concerns efforts to prevent Taimur from abdicating and to improve Muscat's flagging economy. Once the abdication is accepted several questions are raised and discussed, including:

  • the suitability of a successor and the arrangements for the accession of his son, Said
  • whether to continue both the Arms Traffic and Zanzibar Subsidy payments (this question is raised again in 1948)
  • the renegotiation of Muscat's treaties with the French, Americans, and the tribes of Oman's interior
  • whether to continue Taimur's personal allowance
  • Sultan Said's changes to government

Further correspondence within the file deals with the following matters:

  • requests for statistical information about Muscat from the Danish government for their yearbook in 1934 and 1935
  • a plea from Kamile Ilgiray, an ex-wife of former Sultan Taimur, to the British Government for help with her son's education
  • the question of the best time to inform the French, American, and Dutch governments of Sultan Said's succession
  • the whereabouts of former Sultan Taimur, including his visits to Saudi Arabia in 1933 and Japan in 1939.

The majority of the correspondence is between 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. in Muscat, 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 (Foreign Department), 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 Foreign Office. Further correspondence is from Sultans Taimur and Said, the French and Indian Governments, and several British political and diplomatic offices in Europe and the Middle East.

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1 file (375 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back of the file to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 378; 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.

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