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'File 4/6 Formal calls between Commanders of H.M. Ships, Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar and Trucial Coast.' [47r] (93/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 2 Aug 1938-20 Dec 1948. 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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Reference the ceremonial in connection with the Political
Resident’s Official visit to Muscat•
2. On receipt of information that your visit was to be official
I discussed the ceremonial procedure with fir* Jamali the Sultan’s Secretary
and we agreed verbally on the programme to be followed. Later I sent him
a v/ritten copy of the suggested programme asking him to confirm that orders
would be issued for a salute to be fired from Mirani Fort and for the usual
guard to be provided in the Consulate premises, ^fter some delay I received
a letter confirnung the salute and saying the guard would be provided at
Bait al Barza. I at first thought this t^Be merely a slip and asked the
Treasury Officer to call on the Secretary and clear up the discrepancy.
It then turned out that under instructions from Saiyid Shihab, he had
deliberately notified me that the guard would be at Bait al Barza and not
the Consulate since Saiyid Shihab maintained that this was where the guard
was customarily provided. I referred the matter back but got no satisfaction.
Finally I called on Saiyid Shihab and managed to convince him that for the last
three years anyway, the guard had been provided in the Consulate. I maintained
that this was in accordance with the agreement drawn up by Major Hickinbotham
in consultation with the Sultan and approved by the Sultan. Saiyid Shihab
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eventually agreed that the guard should be provided in the Consulate compound
this year; maintained that the procedure drawn up by Major
hickinbotham and the Sultan must have been altered since from his own
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personal knowledge he recalled that when you paid your first official call
in Muscat in 1941 when he was representing the Sultan, the guard.was drawn
up at Bait al Parza. He therefore would provide the guard without prejuidice
to his objection which he would reserve the right of raising on the Sultan’s
return. After my meeting with Saiyid Shihab I consulted rqy records for the
year 1941 and find that Saiyid Shihab T s contention that the guard on that
occasion was provided at Bait al Parza and not at the Consulate is correct.
I do not know the reason for this change in the accepted procedure.
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The file concerns all aspects of ceremonial at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat, particularly in terms of relations between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The papers include: Government of India regulations concerning the cost of firing salutes, 1938; rules governing ceremonial arrangements at Muscat and Oman, including official calls 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. and HBM's Consul, Muscat, official visits by the Sultan, visits 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , visits by British warships and the Royal Air Force, official occasions, gun salutes, Gwadur [Gwadar], and flags (draft and revised versions), 1941; correspondence from 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. , Muscat, and 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. concerning official calls and gun salutes, 1945-47; and papers concerning points of ceremony arising from the transfer of control over Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. affairs from the Government of India to HM Government in 1947, including a note 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on designation of officers, precedence, salutes, flags, 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. 's appellation of 'Honourable', and uniform, dated 10 May 1947, with comments by 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 Foreign Office.
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- 1 file (62 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes (folios 59-63).
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 64; 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 2-58; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- IOR/R/15/6/133
- Title
- 'File 4/6 Formal calls between Commanders of H.M. Ships, Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar and Trucial Coast.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:63v, 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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