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1. '202 Notification from Govt of India Home Dept.'
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- Abstract: The file comprises notifications, resolutions, circulars, and memorandum from the following Government of India departments: the Finance Department, Home Department, Foreign and Political Department, Department of Industries and Labour, Army Department, Department of Education Health and Lands, Department of Overseas Trade, and Department of Commerce.Included in the file are:the announcement of an updated version of the Indian Arms Rules, 1878, published in 1924 and subsequent amendments to the wording of revised rules throughout 1924 and 1925;amendments to the Superior Civil Services (Revision of Pay and Pensions) Rules 1924;amendments to the warrant of precedence in India, including additions to and removals from the warrant, and changes to the position of titles within the order of precedence;alterations and amendments to the rules on passage allowances, pensions, leave rules, payments to subscribers of the General Provident fund, and the premature retirement rules;the publication of 'rules for the supply of articles for the public service' in 1924 and the subsequent publication of a list of authorised firms as required under the rules;a copy of the dress regulations for officers of the political department under the Government of India and the Government of Bombay and amendments to those regulations;amendments to regulations for the study of foreign languages;corrections to the 'Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India';instructions relating to the purchase of publications in the United Kingdom for official use by Government of India departments;an Order in Council enacted by His Majesty King George V to enable an amendment of the Government of India Act allowing the Secretary to the High Commissioner to India to make and discharge contracts on behalf of the Secretary of State for India in the High Commissioner's absence;correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Francis Beville Prideaux and the Political Agent at Bahrain, Clive Kirkpatrick Daly, following the announcement that the Daly was to be made a Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire (C.I.E.);the announcement of the death of Queen Alexandra (wife of Edward VII) and information relating the official memorial service for her, and procedures for official mourning.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 276; 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 mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-274; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.Condition: Folios 2-6, 157 have some minor tears and other imperfections which obscure a few of the words on each folio.
2. ‘I/9 Forming of Army in Saudi Arabia’
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- Abstract: Copies of correspondence from the British Minister in Saudi Arabia (Stanley R Jordan) to the Foreign Office, dated 2 March 1944, and subsequently forwarded by the India Office to the Government of India, describing the Ruler of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud’s [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] request that Britain send financial and military advisers to Saudi Arabia. In his correspondence Jordan describes Ibn Saud’s dissatisfaction with his country’s financial structure, and his stipulation that the adviser should be a Sunni Muslim, as most of the work would be based in Mecca.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. 'Persian representation at Muscat'
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- Abstract: This file includes correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent at Muscat. There are also correspondence with Walter Beaupré Townley, Minister to Persia; Muhammad Amin Beg [Muḥammad Amīn Beg], the Turk; the Commissioner of Sind, Karachi; Edward Gelson Gregson, Superintendent of Police, Karachi.The file consists of three sections of correspondence:Folios 3-37 concern Persian representation at Muscat raised by the Governor of Bushire following a report of an attack on a Persian shopkeeper at Muscat in Habl ul Matin [Ḥabl al-Matin] in 1914-1915;Folios 39-56 concern issues to do with the uprising and the Treaty of Seeb [Sīb], 1920, and includes a 'Brief survey of causes and history of the rebellion of the Oman tribes under the leadership of their elected Imam Sheikh Salim bin Rashid-al-Kharusi [Salīm bin Rāshid al-Kharūṣī] till 1915'Folios 58-115 concern Ottoman Turkish subjects, among them Muhammad Amin Beg, in Muscat and their possible influence on the Sayyid Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd, the Sultan of Muscat, and includes 'List of Turks who are new, or were until recently, resident in Mascat (f 75-76) and extracts from Karachi intelligence Diary' 19 and 20 September 1914.Physical description: Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the first folio and terminates at the final folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three other incomplete foliation sequences run alongside the main sequence between ff. 1-37, ff 39-56 and ff 58-117; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled and can be found in the same position as the main sequence. Fold out folios: 74-75, 87-88.
4. ‘Persian Gulf. Disposal of certain sums of money plundered from the ship “Carnatic” by Pirates in the year 1829 – Vol: 13’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, resolutions, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2376/126162. The main correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; and E Cardew, Collector of Customs at Mauritius. It is the thirteenth in a series of fifteen items on the Persian Gulf.The item concerns the history of the ship Carnaticwhich was plundered in 1829. Part of the money was later recovered and sent to Bombay [Mumbai], but was never claimed, and the item discusses how to dispose of it.More information about the money belonging to the Carnaticcan be found at IOR/F/4/2349/123820.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 745 of 1850’, and ‘Coll[ection] No 5’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 147, and terminates at f 161 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
5. ‘Persian Gulf. Piracy on the Ship Carnatic. Vol: 13’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, resolutions, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of Madras; and Henry Young, Collector of Customs at Bombay. It is the thirteenth in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item concerns the money left unclaimed in the Government of India treasury belonging to:The ship Carnatic, which was plundered in 1829 by boats which were subsequently captured by the forces of the Imaum [Imam] of MuscatThe Durvesh, from Hadramaut [Hadhramaut], which was plundered by boats from Bahrein [Bahrain] in 1829.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 12 of No 95’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 271, and terminates at f 282 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. Relative to the practice of blank bills of exchange being left signed by the Resident when processing on his annual tour.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the eleventh in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item refers to the correspondence contained in IOR/F/4/2550/149206, in which the Government of Bombay instructed the Resident in the Persian Gulf to discontinue the practice of signing blank bills of exchange to be filled in and disposed of while he is absent from the Residency. In this item, Kemball explains the reason why he had adopted this practice, but promises to follow the instructions of the Government of Bombay in future.The item contains a table of contents (f 565), and the title page (f 564) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 109 of 1853. Vol. 11’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘6’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 564 and terminates at f 567, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Deficiency of Cash in the Bushire Residency, in delivering over charge of the – by Captn Hardy in 1823.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai]. The correspondents include: the Government of Bombay; Government of India; Accountant General of Bombay Charles Morley; the Resident in the Persian Gulf, Samuel Hennell. The appendix to this item is contained in item IOR/F/4/2020/90762.The item concerns an alleged deficiency of 2272 Persian rupees, 52 rials in the accounts of the Bushire [Bushehr] Residency when Captain Henry Hardy handed the Residency over to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus in 1823. Hardy is asked to account for this money, which appeared to have been drawn by George Willock at Tabreez [Tabriz].The item includes a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft 813, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4122, [Season] 1843’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 4 and terminates at f 30, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
8. ‘Persian Gulf. Practice of signing Blank Bills and leaving them to be filled up the officer in charge during the annual tour of the Resident in – disallowed by Government.’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2550/149197. It is the tenth in a series of sixteen items on the Persian Gulf.The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; the Government of India; James McAlister, Civil Surgeon, Bushire [Bushehr] Residency; and Edward Eden Elliot, Accountant General, Bombay.The item concerns the decision of the Government of Bombay to direct that the Resident in the Persian Gulf discontinue the practice of signing blank bills of exchange to be filled in and disposed of while he is absent from the Residency.The item contains a table of contents (f 558), and the title page (f 557) contains the following references: Draft Number ‘358 - 1854’, ‘Collection No. 10 of No. 84 of 1853. Vol. 10’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’. The collection number was originally given as ‘8’ but this has been crossed out and replaced with ‘10’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 557 and terminates at f 563, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
9. 'Book No. 46. 31 July 1826 to 19 February 1827'
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- Abstract: Correspondence from Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, the Resident in the Persian Gulf, primarily to William Newnham, Chief Secretary to Government at Bombay and Lieutenant Colonel John Macdonald, Envoy to the Court of Persia.The main subject of correspondence within the volume is the relationship between the British Government and the Government of Persia, centering on the attitude of the Prince of Shiraz (Ḥosayn-‘Alī Mīrzā) and the Government of Bushire to the British Officers based there.Affairs at Bushire are the main topic of discussion, with the abduction by the Imam of Muscat (Saʻīd bin Sulṭān) of the former Governor Abdool Russool Khan [‘Abd al-Rasūl Khān], the seizure of the Government of Bushire by Shaikh Ahmed [Aḥmad bin Khamīs] from Shaik Hussein [Shaikh Ḥusayn Khan], and the counter attack by Shaikhs Hussein and Nassir [Nasir Khan] which resulted in threats of violence against the Residency at Bushire, the Prince of Shiraz's troops occupying the town, and the Resident being forced to leave the limits of the Bushire Residency until the acts committed by the Government and its supporters against the Residency are acknowledged.Other tensions between the British Officers in Persia and the Prince of Shiraz and his Prime Minister Zekee Khan [Zakī Khān] are also discussed, including the seizure of packets and baggage by the Customs House at Shiraz and accusations made against the officers in relation to the abduction of Abool Russool Khan, which were unfounded.The correspondence also details the daily financial administration of both His Majesty's Mission to Persia and the Residency at Bushire and includes statements of accounts and registers of Bills, along with communication with the Accountant General and Civil Auditor at Bushire on financial matters; the movements of British vessels in the Gulf; and the situation on the Arab Coast including the Imam of Muscat's intention to attack the fort at Derah [Ad Dir‘īyah] and remove its inhabitants from that place; an encounter between Rahma bin Jabir and vessels from Bahrein [Bahrain] which resulted in Rahma bin Jabir's death; and the blockade of Bussorah [Basra] by the Imam of Muscat's forces, and subsequent mediation of the situation by the Resident at Bussorah, Captain Robert Taylor.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence is circled in pencil in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the first folio after the front cover, on number 2, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 140. There is also a former pagination sequence numbering 1-272, which is written in ink in the top left corner of each page and runs through folios 3-139.
10. 'File 35/101 VI A 64 Miscellaneous Muscat papers'
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- Abstract: Correspondence mainly relating to the collection of finances. Non-payment by certain tribes on the Batinah Coast is identified as a threat to the revenue of the Muscat State and the visit of a sloop or flying boat to these regions is recommended. Correspondents include the Political Agent, Muscat; Captain Reginal George Alban, the Financial Adviser, Muscat State; the Political Resident, Persian Gulf. One letter describes the Sultan's tour of the Batinah coast.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system comprising of uncircled numbers beginning at 51 (folio 2) and ending at 182 (folio 24).
11. ‘File 35/106 (A 43) Exclusive Treaty with Masqat’
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- Abstract: The volume contains confidential correspondence, chiefly exchanged between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Stuart George Knox, and the Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Edward Benn, on British policy with regard to the Sultan of Muscat’s [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] relations with foreign powers. Correspondence chiefly concerns: tensions between Muscat and tribes in Oman; the growing German commercial presence in the Gulf; British concern at the prospect of the Sultan of Muscat signing a commercial treaty with Germany; discussion of elevating the French position at Muscat to counter German influence.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence begins on the first folio and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil or blue crayon, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C.
12. ‘File 35/137 I (A 57) Muscat budget’
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- Abstract: The volume contains copies of various budget reports for the State of Muscat, forwarded by the Political Agent Muscat to the Political Resident during the period July 1927 to March 1932. The list of reports sent to the Political Resident are as follows:Six-month statement of actual revenues and expenditure, ending 30 June 1927, sent by Bertram Thomas, Finance Minister to the Government of Muscat (folios 3-10);Muscat state budget for 1928, sent by Thomas (folios 11-34);Muscat state budget estimates for 1929, sent by Thomas (folios 35-58);Muscat state budget for 1930, sent by Thomas (folios 60-81);Revised budget estimates for 1931, sent by Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], President, Council of Ministers (folios 85-100);State budget for seven months to end July 1931, sent by Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr and prepared by Malik Duli Chand (folios 113-17);Statements of revenues collected and expenditure incurred, eight months to end August 1931, sent by Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr and prepared by Malik Duli Chand (folios 126-28);Statements of revenues collected and expenditure incurred, nine months to end September 1931, sent by Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr and prepared by Malik Duli Chand (folios 158-63);Statements of revenues collected and expenditure incurred, ten months to end October 1931, prepared by Chand (folios 165-67);Statements of revenues collected and expenditure incurred, eleven months to end November 1931, prepared by Chand (folios 168-70);Statement of budget estimates for the year 1932, sent by Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr (folios 177-91);Statement of revenue and expenditure for Muscat State for 1931, prepared by Chand (folios 192-95);Budget estimates for 1933 for customs and revenues (folios 198-201);Revenue and expenditure for January 1932 (folios 202-04);Revenue and expenditure for February 1932 (folios 205-07);Statements of revenue and expenditure for the quarter ending March 1932 (folios 208-15).The volume covers a period of financial instability in Muscat, in which correspondence is exchanged between the Political Agent and Political Resident, discussing what measures could be taken to cut budgets and pay debts. Areas of the Muscat state’s budget under consideration include the Muscat Levy Corps, the Muscat civil list, marine facilities, and the State’s customs and revenue department.The volume also contains:Financial details of the Muscat State Customs Establishment: a list of employees, posts, and previous and new pay and allowances (two copies, folios 137-57);Memorandum from the Political Agent Muscat to the Political Resident, dated 10 December 1931, an analysis of the Muscat budget based on the submission of monthly statements that began in July 1931 (folios 171-76);Notes on the Zanzibar and arms traffic subsidies, both included in the volume’s office notes (folios 222-23).Physical description: Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 230. Foliation anomalies: f 1 is followed by ff 1A-B.
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