'File XXXIII/11B (i) ABDICATION of SULTAN. DECEMBER 1929. (ii) SULTAN’S TOUR of DEHRA DUN. (iii) VISIT by MAJOR FOWLE. (iv) SAIYID SAID’S ILLNESS. DEC 1929- JUNE 1932.'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File XXXIII/11B (i) ABDICATION of SULTAN. DECEMBER 1929. (ii) SULTAN’S TOUR of DEHRA DUN. (iii) VISIT by MAJOR FOWLE. (iv) SAIYID SAID’S ILLNESS. DEC 1929- JUNE 1932.'
- Date:
- 1920/1932
- Description:
- Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the latter’s abdication and the financial consequences of it.A few issues were discussed in the correspondence, among which were the following:the length of the Sultan’s stay in Muscat and India each yearallowing the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to hold the house at Dehra Dun, India, in his own namethe establishment of the Council of Ministers in Muscat in 1920the appointment of a new financial advisor to the Sultan instead of Bertram Thomasthe consequences of the abdication to the Sultan’s three sources of incomes, namely: the Zanzibar subsidy, the Arms Traffic subsidy, and his personal allowance from the Muscat Statethe financial situation in Muscat and its reflection on the Sultan’s personal allowancethe reduction of the Sultan’s monthly allowance from Rs. 10000 to Rs. 5000the Sultan’s refusal to return to Muscatthe arrangement of meetings of British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to discuss the issue of abdicationreports on Saiyid Sa‘id bin Taymur’s illness in 1931The majority of the correspondence is dated 1929-1932, the earlier start date given to the file is due to translated letters (ff 16-17) of the Sultan regarding the establishment of the Council of Ministers in Muscat in 1920.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 224; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Abdications (events)
Financial administration - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00028d_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00028d_en
IOR/R/15/6/53
IOR/R/15/6/53