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13. 'File 8/14 I MUSCAT FINANCE, REVENUE, TAXES. BUDGETS.'
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- Abstract: This volume concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including its budgets and its revenue. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat's Director of Revenues and forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat. Statements include the following: budget estimates, quarterly statements of revenue and expenditure, statements of revenue by month as compared with previous years, and summary statements of the Sultanate's overall financial position. The volume also features a significant amount of related correspondence, mostly between the Political Agent and the Political Resident.The Arabic language material mainly consists of letters between the Political Agent and representatives of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. English translations are also present. The date range of the entire volume is 1934-1940; however, most of the material dates from 1934 to 1938.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 239; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
14. 'File 8/14 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT STATE FINANCES & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.'
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- Abstract: This file concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat and Oman and forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat.The statements include the following details: budget estimates, estimated revenue and expenditure, and actual revenue and expenditure. Also included are brief statements which provide summaries of the Sultanate's financial position. The volume also features a significant amount of related correspondence, mostly between the Political Agent and the Political Resident but also between the Political Agent and representatives of the Government of Muscat and Oman, namely the Government's Finance Officer and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. Other notable correspondents include officials of the Government of India's Finance and Foreign Departments.The correspondence discusses the contents of the statements, as well as other related matters, such as the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's own personal finances, and whether certain items that are currently omitted from the state budget (e.g. the accounts of the Muscat and Dhofar oil concessions) should be included. Also discussed is the possibility of the Sultan investing some of his government's money in Government of India bonds, as proposed by the Political Resident.The Arabic language material mainly consists of correspondence from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (English translations are included).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 248; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
15. 'File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES'
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- Abstract: This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make the RAF exempt from payment of the Sultanate's municipal tax; a subsequent request for a refund of the RAF's recent municipal tax payments, following the granting of the exemption; the ownership of property by British subjects; other taxes charged by the Muscat state, including a date tax and a fishing boat tax.The Arabic language material consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and representatives of the Government of Muscat and Oman, including the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. Other notable correspondents include the following: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire; the Commanding Officer of British Forces in Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 67; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
16. 'File 8/2 Muscat State Affairs: Boundary of Muscat'
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- Abstract: This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes four copies of a single page of notes on the boundaries of the Sultanate, dated January 1936 and prepared by the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (ff 3-6), together with four versions of an accompanying sketch map showing the limits of the Sultanate (ff 7-10).The remainder of the file is mainly correspondence exchanged between the Political Agent and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, regarding whether or not certain locations fall within Muscat territory. One particular letter from the Political Agent to the Political Resident, dated 29 June 1944, provides details of what the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] considers to be the interior boundaries of Muscat (these are given as four sets of degree coordinates, which the Sultan is said to have received from a previous Political Agent, Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts).Included among the correspondence are two further sketch maps depicting the north-eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 30; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-28; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
17. 'File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939'
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- Abstract: This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of the India Office, Foreign Office, Dominions Office, Government of India, and the Board of Trade on the following related matters: Muscat's existing treaties with the United States and France (dated 1833 and 1844 respectively), and the advisability of these treaties – or at least their commercial clauses – being modified or denounced by the Sultan; the case for increasing customs import duties on certain goods (e.g. tobacco and alcohol), in an effort to increase revenue and restore the stability of the Sultanate's finances, and the likely effects that such an action would have on trade; the threshold (based on alcoholic content) to be used for identifying which alcoholic drinks should be subject to the proposed customs duty increase for alcohol, and the difficulty in translating the technical phrase 'under proof' into Arabic; the efforts of the British Government to secure the agreements of the Sultanate's other treaty partners (namely Canada, the Irish Free State, and France) regarding the proposed customs duty increase.The French language material consists of letters from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British representative in Paris. The Arabic language material mainly consists of letters between British representatives and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, most of which include English translations.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 374; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
18. Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, and relate to the Persian Gulf generally, and to Muscat and Oman.The reports cover: outbreaks of cholera and smallpox (at Bushire, Lingah [Bandar-e Lengeh], and Gwuttur [Qatar]); economic matters; movements of Royal Navy ships; movements of Ottoman naval vessels, correspondence with Syud Toorkee bin Syud Saeed [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat; political matters at Oman; and reports from Shiraz.The Enclosures are dated 14 September - 4 December 1871.Physical description: There is an Abstract of Contents on folio 619, numbered 1-19.
19. Taxation of British Subjects in Muscat, and their Employees, by the Muscat Government
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- Abstract: Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871.The issue of the taxation by the Muscat Government of British subjects and their employees at Muscat arose following complaints by certain British subjects. Although not specifically provided for by treaty, exemption from taxation had been allowed in practice to British subjects for many years. The papers examine the issues raised.The Enclosures include correspondence from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; correspondence from Major Alfred Cotton Way, Acting Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the orders of the Viceroy and Governor-General in Council.The Enclosures are dated 30 September - 11 December 1871.Physical description: 1 item (5 folios)
20. Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
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- Abstract: The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and its subsidiaries Petroleum Concessions Limited, Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited, and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited. The British Government were keen to assist IPC to resume exploration, which had been discontinued during the Second World War, in view of the political, strategic and economic importance of the Company's oil concessions in the area (folio 275).The papers include: the extent to which certain tribal areas were under the control of local rulers; the need for demarcation of the boundaries of the Trucial Coast states; list of concession and political agreements in force in 1945 in the various Trucial Coast states (folios 267-268); interest on the part of the Shaikh of Fujairah in entering into treaty relations with the British Government (folio 210); minutes of meetings at the India Office between British Government officials and oil company representatives; permission from the British Government to employ American personnel in survey work (folios 186-193); papers concerning a report by Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, formerly Director of the Geological Survey of India, for the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman entitled 'The Geology and Mineral and Other Resources of Dhufar Province and Other Parts of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, South-East Arabia', March-May 1947 (folios 64-100), including correspondence from the author of the report; sketch map provided by the Political Agent, Muscat (Major Andrew Charles Stewart), which is said by him to have been marked by the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr] to show the western boundary of Dhofar (folio 68); a request by Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited that geological factors be taken into account in determining the boundary between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with sketch map (folios 57-58); Petroleum Concessions Limited 'Instructions to Field Party for Geological Reconnaissance of Southeastern Hadhramaut, the Mahra, and Dhofar' (folios 49-53); and minutes of Foreign Office meeting to discuss the south-eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia, July 1947.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside the front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 336; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 327-335; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and have been crossed out. Finally, the second folio is listed as ‘1A’ rather than ‘2.’
21. File 4640/1928 Pt 2 ‘Muscat Situation at Sur.’
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- Abstract: This volume contains papers concerning the situation at Sur in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The papers mainly relate to ‘difficulties’ which had arisen between the tribes of Sur and the Government of Muscat, inter-tribal and inter-factional rivalries, the question of what action the British Government should take to support the authority of the Muscat Government at Sur, and the general question of future British policy in Muscat.It includes papers relating to the following:The claim to independence of Ali bin Abdullah, Shaikh of the Bani Bu Ali (also spelled Beni Bu Ali) tribe and Amir of Jaalan [Emir of Ja‘alān, also spelled Jalan and Jallan]The bombardment of the fort of Said bin Abdullah (also spelled Saeed bin Abdullah) by the Muscat gunboat, and the shelling and destruction of the fort by HMS CyclamenAn incident in which a Hinawi caravan was stopped at Sur by the Amirs of Jaalan, who hoisted a flag in their fort at Aiqa (also spelled Aigah in the volume) which was reportedly the flag of King Ibn Saud, but which the Amirs of Jaalan subsequently stated was their own flagThe Government of India’s recommendation that a regiment be sent to hold SurTribal conflict and rivalries, including the feud between the two main sections of the Jenebeh [al-Janabah] tribe, the Makhanah and the Aramah, which the British Government viewed as being encouraged by Ali bin Abdullah, and the feud between the Beni Bu Ali and the Beni Bu Hassan tribesProposed air operations by aircraft supported by HM Ships against the Bani Bu Ali at Sur.The papers mainly consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, and India Office Political Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Political Agent and HBM Consul, Muscat; Mahomed bin Nasir Ali Hamud, Amir of Jalan; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; and the Air Ministry.The volume 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 392; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
22. File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘Muscat: Future policy in. Tariffs. (April 1932- )’
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- Abstract: This file contains papers relating to proposed increases in the rates of import duty charged by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.It includes papers concerning:The decision of the British Government that, instead of seeking to amend the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Muscat and the United Kingdom (Article 6 of which prevented the Muscat Government from imposing import duties higher than five per cent), they should address a note to the Muscat Government to the effect that, despite Article 6 of the Treaty, subject to certain conditions, no objection would be raised on behalf of HM Government to an increase in the Muscat custom duties of ten per cent (twenty five per cent on tobacco and alcoholic liquor fifty five or less degrees under proof)The need for the British Government to obtain the authorisation of HM Government in Canada and the Irish Free State for an increase in Muscat customs dutiesThe British Government obtaining the agreement of the French Government for them to address a similar note to the Muscat Government on behalf of the French Government, to the effect that, despite Article 10 of the Treaty between Muscat and France of 1844 (which also precluded the Muscat Government from charging import duties higher than five per cent), they would consent to the same increase in the Muscat customs duties.The papers mostly consist of correspondence and India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Board of Trade; the Foreign Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the British Embassy, Paris; the Dominions Office; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs; and the Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat.The French language content of the file consists of copies of notes from the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the British Ambassador to Paris, dated 3 August 1932, 20 February 1933, 6 April 1933, 29 June 1934, 18 December 1935, and 7 May 1936.The Arabic content of the file consists of the following documents: extracts from the Political Resident’s notes to the Sultan of Muscat, and vice versa, dated 19 June 1933 and 4 March 1934 respectively, which are in both Arabic and English; a letter in Arabic from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 14 November 1938, with an English translation; an English and an Arabic copy of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, dated 5 February 1939 (ratified 7 February 1939); and notifications from the Political Agent, Muscat, dated 19 April and 7 October 1940, regarding customs duty, which are in both English and Arabic.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 403; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
23. File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘MUSCAT: FUTURE POLICY IN. Tariffs.’
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- Abstract: This volume contains papers relating to British policy in Muscat. It includes some papers regarding the situation at Sur; however most of the volume concerns the financial situation of the Muscat state, mainly the proposal to increase state revenues by removing the limitation on the power of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to impose customs duties in excess of five per cent.It includes papers concerning the British Government asking the governments of the United States of America and France to agree to the modification of Article 3 of the Commercial Treaty between Muscat and the United States of 1833, and Article 10 of the Treaty between Muscat and France of 1844, respectively, which prevented the Sultan from levying import duties in excess of five per cent, in order to enable the general tariff and the tariff on alcohol and cigarettes to be increased.The volume also includes papers regarding the question of the revision of the tariff provisions of the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Muscat and the United Kingdom, which also precluded the Muscat Government from imposing import or export duties higher than five per cent.In addition, the volume includes papers relating to the eventual proposal to abandon attempts to secure a modification of the Muscat Commercial Treaties with France and the USA, and instead to raise the tariff rate against all goods other than those carried in French and American vessels and those covered by the Commercial Declaration between Muscat and the Netherlands of 1877. This was due to the United States Government only being willing to consider the modification of the 1833 Treaty with Muscat on the basis of the accord of most favoured nation treatment to US nationals as well as US goods, which the Muscat Council had raised objections to, and which the India Office considered unacceptable.The papers consist of correspondence, draft treaty articles, India Office Political and Secret Department minute papers, reports, memoranda, and copies of the Maskat [Muscat] Order in Council, 1915 and the Maskat (Amendment) Order in Council, 1922.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office; the Government of India Foreign and Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office; the British Embassy, Washington; and the British Embassy, Paris.The volume also includes: letters from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to the Political Agent at Muscat, dated 9 March 1930, and to the Officiating Political Resident at Bushire, dated 25 August 1931, which are in Arabic with English translations; and letters in French from the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the British Ambassador to France, dated 15 October 1930 and 29 September 1931.The volume 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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 484; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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