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File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’ [202r] (408/614)
The record is made up of 1 volume (303 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1910-4 Apr 1927. 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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Ex pen diture —cont<L
Public Works—
(i) Customs
'°^ Roads, repairs to Forts, eto.
(3) Miscellaneous ...
Rs.
30,000
50,000
* Total
Privy purse of Sultan for private expenses and presents to
Sheikhs at Rs. 10,000 per mensem.
Total
Balance of the year
Grand Total
80,000
40,000
7,81,280
1 , 20,000
9,01,280
1,75,120
10,76,400
Dated Maskat the 25th Safar 1338 (19th November 1919).
From— Taimur Bin Faisal (His Highness the Sultan),
To—R. E. L. Wingate, Esq., His Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maskat.
After compliments .—We inform Tour Honour with reference to our
letter dated 9th Itabi-us-Sani 1337 (12th January 1919) in which we men
tioned that we would state our personal expenses after one month ot the
institution of the new arrangements in the Customs, for in one month we
could know the incomes and expenditure. Now as one month has finished
since the institution of the new arrangements and regulations of Customs, we
are informin', you of the incomes and expenditure. Considering all the
conditions which are necessary for the loan which the Government has given
us and fixed its payment in instalment to reform our financial conditions we
fix for our personal expenses at present Rs. 10,000. As a mattei of fact
this sum is not sufficient but considering the present circumstances and the
good results and to inform you as we promised to Ax and inform after one
month we are fixing this. As to the expenses of our Government whicn aie
nre-arranged we have already forwarded to Your Honour in the last month,
we are sending the incomes and expenditure of the last month as have been
submitted by the Customs Director —(usual ending.)
home of lie Custom* house, at Maskat and Muttra for tie month of Oetoler 1919.
Dollars.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Pice.
26,570
19,447
1,04,640
Total expenditure fo
r aHomnce,,ete.. for Octoher 1919 of tie Custom, Bouse, at Maskat
and Muttra.
Doll are.
Rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
.
Annas.
Pice.
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The file contains correspondence and other papers relating to the financial affairs of the Muscat (Maskat) state. It includes correspondence concerning loans from the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat, reports on the financial position of Muscat, and financial statements for the Muscat state, such as estimates of revenue and expenditure, and statements of actual revenue and expenditure.
The main correspondents are as follows:
- 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 Viceroy of India, Foreign Department.
- 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. and the Government of India Foreign Department.
- The Government of India Foreign Department and 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 Consul, Maskat [Muscat].
- 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 Foreign Office.
- 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 Consul, Maskat, 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. (and the Deputy 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. ).
The file also includes 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. minute papers and 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. internal notes (between John Evelyn Shuckburgh, Sir Thomas William Holderness, and others).
The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 volume (303 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 1173 (Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan) consists of one volume, IOR/L/PS/10/449.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 305; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/449
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- File 1173/1914 ‘Muscat:- financial affairs. Loans to the Sultan.’
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- 200r:202v
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī
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