'Muscat Tariff'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'Muscat Tariff'
- Date:
- 1933/1937
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tarrif treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada. Arabic terminology is discussed relating to alcohol and tobacco and the Sultan's understanding of specific terms in English relating to alcohol such as "under proof". Also contains a number of letters in Arabic with translations in English from Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; a few letters in French from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the British Embassy, Muscat.An annex to the file (35/146) consists of printed confidential letters, 1929-1930, relevant to the finances of the sultanate.Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Percy Gordon Loch, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Major Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent Muscat; Major Claude Edward U Bremner, Political Agent Muscat; John Charles Walton, India Office, Whitehall. Alfred Wiseman, Dominions Office, London; Maurice J Clauson, India Office, London.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.Foliation errors: 1, 1A and 1B. Foliation omissions: 145 and 148
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Treaties
- Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001b0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0001b0_en
IOR/R/15/1/459
IOR/R/15/1/459