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'File [XI A/1] Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence' [106r] (216/390)
The record is made up of 1 file (191 folios). It was created in 3 Mar 1933-6 Jan 1942. 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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virtual independence. A portion of Sur, the largeeY
town and port in the State belongs to the Tribe and
their position here and on the flank of the main trade
route between the Oman and the coast together with the
warlike qualities of the tribe make them one of the
most formidable and strongest factors in State politics
Sheikh Ali who was accompanied by forty followers
stayed some^weeics in Muscat where he was treated as a
very honoured guest of the Sultan. The expenses of his
visit are believed to be not less than r<s 14000 which
amount, to a State in the poor financial position of
Muscat, is a not inconsiderable sum.
The Sultan has in fact being buying the good
wili of the tribes of the interior and the only means
which have enabled him to adopt this policy is the
comparatively large sums he received from Petroleum
Concessions Ltd. in 1937 in return for his grant to
them of an oil exploratory concession in Muscat and
Dhofar.
The further success of this plan will in all
probability depend on the result of the search for oil
in the State. Should this be successful and a steady
source of income be assured to the Sultan, provided he
continues to feel his way cautiously, as he has hither
to done, it would not be by any means outside the
bounds of possibility that Saiyid Said will be the
first of his dynasty since its famous founder of the
same name to be the real ruler of the whole of his
Sultanate.
(b) The 1691 Treaty of Commerce, Friendship, and
Navigation between His Majesty’s Government and the
Sultan was renewed for the last time on its due date
i.e. February 11th.
Negotiations for the New Treaty, to replace that
of 1891, which had been commenced in Muscat and India
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This file consists of correspondence concerning the Muscat Administration Annual Reports for the years 1932-33 to 1941-42 and contains copies of all the reports, from 1933-34.
The file features the following principal correspondents: 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. and Consul, Muscat; 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Medical Officer, Muscat.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (191 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 193; 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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- IOR/R/15/6/338
- Title
- 'File [XI A/1] Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:192v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence