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'File 8/97 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT.' [‎55r] (109/182)

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The record is made up of 1 file (88 folios). It was created in 3 Jun 1947-14 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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No. C 234-8/97
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Hftiscat
Please refer to a minute which you wrote on the 7th April
concerning VEHICLES FOR THE MUSCAT INFANTRY .
(§)
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2. I have suggested to Major Greenwood that the Military Jeep
is out of production and that spares for old ones are not easily
available. The civilian jeep can only be bought with dollars.
3* The Sultan now asks us instead to enquire urgently into
availability and cost of :
(a) Ford lorries 15 Cwt 2
Spare engine for above 1
Lorries should preferably be of 4 wheel drive type,
but Sultan will accept 2 wheel drive.
(b) Bren carriers of the infantry type NOT mortar type....4
Spare engines for above 1 TZt* t
Spare tracks for above 2
per carrier.
4* An approach may eventually have to be made to the War Office
for the carriers, but as these are British made and , I think, in
current production for the British Array, the request may be easier
I
to satisfy than the request for jeeps.
His Excellency Sir Rupert Hay, KCIE
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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bahrain.

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This file relates to the purchase of motor vehicles for the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the Muscat Infantry. It begins with enquiries made 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 behalf of the Sultan, following the Sultan's initial request to purchase several troop-carrying lorries and a tractor (the Sultan's exact requirements are amended several times during the period covered).

The correspondence documents attempts by the British authorities to source the requested vehicles from manufacturers in the United Kingdom, and later, from the United States. The correspondence includes details such as the specifications of the types of vehicles available for purchase and the recommended methods of payment.

The file's principal correspondents are the following: 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 Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; the Commandant of the Muscat Infantry; officials of the Commonwealth Relations Office.

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1 file (88 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue/black for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 90; 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.

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