Possible financial assistance to the Sultan of Muscat in the form of subsidies to tribes or gratuities to visiting sheikhs. Code EA file 1946

FO 371/104443 1953
Description

This file contains correspondence relating to:

  • Financial assistance given to the Sheikhs. It is suggested that a special allocation is set aside for the purpose (2)
  • Probability that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur will refuse any financial assistance (3)
  • Agreement to the suggested allocation of £100 each for the Consul General at Muscat and the Political Officer, Trucial Coast, for 1953-54 to be spent on gifts for visiting Sheikhs (4)