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Coll 20/28 'Muscat: Arms Traffic Subsidy' [154r] (308/412)
The record is made up of 1 file (203 folios). It was created in 2 Mar 1932-20 Feb 1946. 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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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.
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Government of India, New Delhi.
Secretary of State for India, London, by
Air Mail of 24th February 1936.
The Political r.gent, Muscat.
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Subject: Muscat / rms Subsidy.
With reference to correspondence ending with Foreign
and i olitical Department express Letter No#F.347-N/34, dated
the 28th January 1936, authorising me to inform the Sultan th it
His Majesty*s Government have been pleased to extend the payment
of the subsidy up to the end of December 1936.
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2. In paragraph 2 of my letter No*486-3, dated th e 29t h
May 1934, I pointed out that His Highness had promised that
if the subsidy were granted lie would devote the amount entirely
to social services us well as towards paying off the debts
which the State owed to merchants. It has occurred to me
tiiat the subsidy would be best spent towards these ends if
Government accorap nied its payment to the sultan with deiinite
conditions as to its expenditure, and since the continuance
of the nrms Subsidy is entirely ex gratia , there would be no
objections either from the Government or His Highness*s point
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Correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to the payment of subsidies to the Sultan of Muscat, in particular that of the Arms Traffic Subsidy. The principal correspondents are officials at 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 (Foreign and Political 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. , Foreign Office, and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat. The papers deal with the question of the renewal of the Arms Traffic Subsidy at various times:
- In February 1932, when Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] succeeded his father as Sultan (this is also when the payment of the Zanzibar Subsidy was questioned)
- At the beginning 1935 when a three year extension was due to lapse
- At the end of 1935 when it was decided to discontinue the subsidy
- In November 1937 after the Sultan had requested the subsidy to be restored
- In 1939-45 when the payment of a War Subsidy was also considered.
Also contained within the file is correspondence discussing the right of the Sultan to import arms following the end of the Arms Traffic Subsidy and the question over the likelihood he might do so. Connected to this are communications from the Intelligence Bureau concerning suspicion over the activities of the Sultan's father in Japan (folios 128-30, 132-42).
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- 1 file (203 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 204; 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 2-204; these numbers are also written in pencil and circled.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2988
- Title
- Coll 20/28 'Muscat: Arms Traffic Subsidy'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 6v:26v, 29r:78v, 81r:101v, 103r:201v, 205r:205v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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