File 6818/1920 'Muscat Levy Corps.'

Title:

File 6818/1920 'Muscat Levy Corps.'

Date:

1920/1930

Description:

Abstract: The volume contains letters, telegrams and memoranda relating to the adherence of Sultan Saiyid Taimur Bin Faisal bin Turki [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to an arms convention and correspondence relating to the development of the Muscat Levy Corps, including its purpose, staffing, munitions and armaments.The volume includes a report (ff 12-21) by Captain R W G Stephens, Commandant Muscat Infantry, on the Muscat Levy Corps – its efficiency, discipline, budget and finances, armaments and recommendations. Also included are some 'rough notes' written in 1928 (ff 26-28) by the Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (Bertram Sidney Thomas).In addition, there is a printed copy of the 'Convention for the control of the trade in arms and ammunition, and protocol, signed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, September 10, 1916' (ff 136-143).Correspondents include: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Arthur Prescott Trevor); Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign and Political Department (Denys Bray); the Political Agent, Muscat (Major Gordon Patrick Murphy).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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 146; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Soldiers
Muscat Regiment

Geographic region:

Muscat

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000338_ar
81055/vdc_100000000419.0x000338_en
IOR/L/PS/10/928
IOR/L/PS/10/928

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