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'File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy' [‎68r] (148/510)

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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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It »•« moot rosmtnbl. that tuooafo o« e .ohool, .hi 0 u held
tw.n 100 -ojs, rus witith ms in & fleurisiuag condition,
had to bo start dom, and its clooine led to erne eriticisa
in the Irak Press - vide ms letter ko.65.0 of £ 0 th ienmry
19^3 to you. The sanitary and soolel condition# of Huseat
“io cert,.. idi very bad, and I ms much struct by them after
m mpertenceo of the far cleaner conditions of iComit and
hahr^in. The payment of the debts to merchant#, too,
would enable the State at the end of ms to otart afresh,
if the Subsidy is continued I recomeiend that it be for the
period of a full year, i.e# until ITebruary 1936. The
nerchants are, I understand, willing to aceept a reduction
of 26 per cent, of their claims, which would bring down the
total under this head to about hs.76^00/-, thus imvxng
£rm tile * iub »i<iy for the initiation of MuoaUenal, Kunicipal
and iygieno services, the sum of R#,32,&00/- m>ioh should
8 $t »uoh service© on & firm keels*
©oselue 1 on I trust ti&t the Oovermeut of India
will see their my to giving the Sultan's request their
favourable and sympathetic consideration.
I have the honour to be,
sir*
four nest obe4iei3t aerv&nt.
If
sd* T. C. Powle,
X»t* mColonel,
political teeident 1 © the i*erei&© Gulf*

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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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