Coll 20/2 'Administration: Question of abdication of Sultan; Succession and Subsidies; Question of abrogation of treaties with USA and France' [268r] (535/757)
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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resiue so ioany months a year in ' us eat)» and that he should
be informed that in future he would only receire Ks#&000/-
per mensem i'riTy ^urse instead of the ^s«l©*GOO/- which he
had been receiving up to then. That efforts should be made
during the coming summer to induce the dultan to come back
to Muscat for the fixed period of 5 months next winter*
4* TTiese proposals were agreed to by the Government of
India in the Foreign and Political Department ( vide their
telegram ho*521~S of 22nd February), and by His S£aJ esty* s
Government { vide Secretary of State for India's telegram
Ho* 1042 of 24th March to the Government of India, repeated
to the
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.
9 hushire), subject to reservations
contained in paragraph 2 of
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.
letter dated larch
10th to the foreign Office. In tnis letter 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.
pointed out that the vielt of the Sultan every year to
Muscat for a stay there of 3 months was not one of the
conditions on which the loan was given in December 19IS.
Hie yearly stay in Muscat was one of the conditions imposed
in larch 1920 in return for our assistance to him * in the
negotiations with the rebels and in the continued re
construction of his finances * ( P»G.13,page 4S,paragraphs
35 and 36). It was on this occasion ' also that the Privy
Purse was fixed at n«*l© f 0OG» subject to its highness’
continued good behaviour and to the continued ability of the
State finances to bear the strain’• In the opinion of the
Secretary of State for India it was therefore undesirable
to suggest that our power to take action on Colonel Biscoe's
proposals was directly connected with the terms of the loan.
b*
• •
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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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- Coll 20/2 'Administration: Question of abdication of Sultan; Succession and Subsidies; Question of abrogation of treaties with USA and France'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:16v, 20r:33v, 36r:51v, 53r:61v, 64r:136v, 138r:157v, 159r:170v, 173r:191v, 195r:202v, 204r:245v, 248r:277v, 282r:303v, 319r:340v, 344r:350v, 355r:378v, back
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