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'File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy' [28r] (66/510)
The record is made up of 1 volume (146 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1921-25 Nov 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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Copy of letter No.5,0. cU?,teu 24th February 1923 from
the Political .Agent & B. M 9 s Consul, j/luscaw, to Bis Highness
Jaiyia Xaimur bin Faisal, C.S.I., Cultan of Muscat and Oman,
Muscat.
After Compliraents,
X informed Your Highness verbally
in Karachi that the subsidy of Hs.1,00,000 per annum granted
to the late Saiyid Paisal (on whan be peace) in recognition
of his co-operation j.n che suppression 'of the Arms Traffic in
the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
liras personal to Saiyid iaisui but had been
continued to Your Highness also on certain conditions. I also
unformed four Highness that my covo dt,.* en't had. decided that
the subsidy should not be continued to your successor but
should cease when Your Highness ccaseo to rule. Your Highness
asked me a few days later if it were indeed n fact that tVie
subsidy was personal to Saiyid Parisal, and I promised to
examine the file on the subject. I had hoped to find, some
letter stating th&t the subai di/ ‘-^hs personal to Saiyid Bui sal
but have not found such « letter. Hut the file shows that the
proposal to grant the subsidy wa ; ? only sanctioned by the
r ligh British Government on the condition thn^ it was to be
personal to Saiyid Faisal. This must have lv^®n explained tc
• • $
Saiyid Faisal by sir Percy Cox when he was in Muscat diseussin
the matter with Saiyid Faisal. I had to communicate with
my Government for authority to address this reply to Your
Highness and this is how the reply has been delayed.
I trust Your Highness’s beneficent rule will long
continue and that before it ends the finances of your state
will have so increased as to more than cover the less of the
subsidy.
This is what had to be said and. may you be preserved
and salaams
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This volume concerns two subsidies paid by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are referred to in the correspondence as the Zanzibar subsidy and the arms traffic subsidy. The latter subsidy is referred to as initially having been granted to Sultan Faisal bin Turki [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] as a personal subsidy in 1912, in recognition of his co-operation in the suppression of arms traffic in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . The Zanzibar subsidy is described as being the right of any Sultan recognised by the British Government, 'subject to their fulfilling certain conditions.'
The date range of the volume is 1921-1939; however, there is no material dating from 1924-1931. The correspondence dating from 1921 to 1923 (ff 2-40) notes the continuation of the arms traffic subsidy following the death of Sultan Faisal bin Turki, owing to certain exceptional circumstances, and discusses whether it should be reduced or withdrawn when his successor, Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] ceases to rule. The question is raised again in 1932, following the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and the accession of his son, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and this later correspondence discusses the extension of the subsidy and its eventual discontinuation in January 1936. Also discussed are changes to the arrangements for the payment of the Zanzibar subsidy.
The volume 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 Government of India's Foreign Secretary; the Viceroy of India; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; officials of 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. and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.
The Arabic language material mostly consists of correspondence exchanged between British representatives and the Sultan of Muscat, of which English translations are also present.
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- 1 volume (146 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 146; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 30r:57v, 57ar:57av, 58r:59v, 61r:126v, 129r:131v, 133r:188v, 193r:195v, 198r:215v, 217r:222v, 224r:224v, 228r:230v, 232r:236v, 239r:246v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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