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Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.' [166r] (331/732)
The record is made up of 1 file (364 folios). It was created in 19 Mar 1928-8 May 1947. 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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5
India v/ill “be pleased to approve ol' it
8, as regards the other details ot administ
ration I do not think it is necessary to trouble the
Government ol* India* and I suomit that they can he
left to the discretion of His Highness the Sultan,
acting on the advice ol Captain ^Ihan, who, as he
combines the posts of Commandant and or i’inancial
Adviser, is lively to hold the scales evenly between
the necessities of the State and the interests of the
Corps. His Highness is well aware that the Government
of India attach much importance to the efficiency of
the Corps, and that it is always regarded as a matter
on which their representatives should be consulted
before any material changes are made.
9. Captain alban some time ago submitted some
interesting suggestions regarding the manner in which
the Corps should be organized and utilised, and
prima faci e many of them seem to me to be very sound.
Cfrieir practical application, however, will require
both time ana the expenditure of some money, and I
consider it desirable thao before reporting them to
the Government of India the views of His Highness the
Sultan should be ascertained regarding them, since
they were submitted before His Highness had ascended
the throne. I consider it most desirable that every
effort should be made to get His Highness to interest
himself in the Corps and to feel that they are his
troops rather than the forces of the Government of
India imposed upon a reluctant State, as did Said
Taimur. 1 am therefore instructing the Political
Agent to obtain the views of His Highness the Suitan
in due course and will then submit a further report
to the Government of India. At present all that I
would solicit is that the Government of India should
accord Lheir approval to fhe strength of the Corps
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The file contains correspondence relating to Muscat state finances. 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. 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 (External Affairs and Foreign and Political Departments), 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 Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].
The file includes:
- Budget estimates for most of the years between 1929 and 1947, sent by 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 to either 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. , the Government of India, or both, via 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. , and sometimes including budget statements for the previous year and War Subsidy Account statements
- Correspondence relating to the discussion over whether or not to continue paying the Sultan the Arms Traffic Subsidy
- Reports into the financial situation of the state, usually by 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.
- Papers concerning the need for improvement in the collection of revenue in the Batinah and Shimaliyeh districts
- Papers concerning proposals for changes to the Muscat Levy Corps
- Papers connected to the temporary appointment of Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban as Financial Adviser to the State and Commandant of the Levy Corps
- Correspondence related to the discussion over the amendment of the treaties between Britain and Muscat
- Extent and format
- 1 file (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 365; 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.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Please note ff 326-330 may not be original to this file as its existing foliation was not consistent with the rest of the file.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/2951
- Title
- Coll 20/1 'Muscat: Financial Situation: Budget Estimates, etc.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:37v, 38v:69v, 72r:83v, 84v:97r, 97r, 98r:142v, 143v:181v, 185r:201v, 206r:255v, 270r:293v, 302r:304v, 326r:334v, 357r:360v, 365r:365v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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