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File 1740/1915 Pt 3 'Arabia: Loan to Sultan of Shehr and Mokalla' [‎6v] (17/398)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (195 folios). It was created in 13 Oct 1917-15 Jan 1931. 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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This volume contains correspondence and other papers concerning loans and other assistance given to the Sultan of Shehr [Al Shihr] and Mokalla [Al Mukalla] in the Hadhramaut. The papers cover: the 1917 loan of 400,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and a gift of arms and ammunition; the responsibility for the cost of the loan within the British and Indian Governments; matters connected to the repayment of this loan, including overdue payments; a further request, made in 1924, for a loan of 15,000,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , an increased stipend, and the grant of more arms and ammunition; a dispute over the trust fund of two of the nephews of the former Sultan, Awadh bin Omar al-Qaeety ['Awadh bin 'Umar Al Qu'ayti].

The principal correspondents are officials at 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department. Further correspondence, included as enclosures, comes from: the High Commissioner, Cairo; the Treasury; 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. , Aden; Sultan Ghalib bin Awad [Ghalib bin 'Awadh Al Qu'ayti]; the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. , Political Department; the Government of India, Accountant General Department; and Sultan Omar bin Awadth ['Umar bin 'Awadh Al Qu'ayti].

Included within the volume is a report by Lieutenant-Colonel George Stewart Symes, Resident and Commander-in-Chief at Aden, on his visit to Mokalla, 20 October 1928 (folios 64-67).

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 (195 folios)
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The papers are arranged in chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.

The subject 1740 (Arabia) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/551-552. The volumes are divided into three parts, with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume, and part 3 comprising the second volume.

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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 197; 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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