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Collection Area India Office Records and Private Papers Level [38] SubSubSeries

1391. IOR/R/15/6/334-401

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/334-401
Title:
File 11: Political
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Political' contains correspondence and papers related to political matters in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the surrounding region. Political here is defined broadly and as such as the sub-sub-series' contents is diverse in nature. Subjects covered include: Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Sindhi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1906-1951
Extent:
68 files and volumes (6,472 folios)

1392. IOR/R/15/6/402-413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/402-413
Title:
File 12: Roads and Communications
Scope & Content:
The Roads and Communications files of the Political Agency, Muscat mostly concern mail and telegraph services in Muscat and Gwadar. The files cover the following topics: a single letter discussing the possibility of a commercial motor route from Kuwait to Haifa, 1937 (IOR/R/15/6/402); the opera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1951
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1260 folios)

1393. IOR/R/15/6/414-422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414-422
Title:
File 13: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/6/414-422 comprises correspondence relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include statistics in relation to applica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1949
Extent:
9 files (898 folios)

1394. IOR/R/15/6/423-447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/423-447
Title:
File 14: Trade and Commerce
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series contains correspondence relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, mineral deposits in Oman, explorations by geologists, the Sultanate's relationship to the Sterling Area, and the development of banking arrangements in the Sultanate.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1911-1951
Extent:
25 files and volumes (2475 folios)

1395. IOR/R/15/6/448-450

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/448-450
Title:
File 15: Visitors and Suspicious Persons
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub series comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to entry and exit of a number of individuals to Muscat and the observations of British officials concerning them. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Resi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1923-1947
Extent:
3 files (313 folios)

1396. IOR/R/15/6/451-453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/451-453
Title:
File 16: Sinking of Norwegian ship, Dahpu in Muscat harbour
Scope & Content:
These files comprise telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include reports of the sinking, attempts at salvage, claims for compensation, and defensive measures in the harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1943-1947
Extent:
3 files (465 folios)

1397. IOR/R/15/6/454-463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/454-463
Title:
File 17: Government Property
Scope & Content:
The Government Property sub-sub-series contains files and volumes that discuss issues concerning buildings, land (including cemeteries) and other property owned by the British Government inside the borders of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The majority of the correspondence in these files i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1912-1948
Extent:
10 files (1,216 folios)

1398. IOR/R/15/6/464-465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/464-465
Title:
File 18: Medical and Public Health
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub-series contain papers and correspondence relating to the treatment of malarial ponds in Muscat in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1944
Extent:
2 files (158 folios)

1399. IOR/R/15/6/466-468

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/466-468
Title:
File 19: Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The Miscellaneous sub-sub-series consists of three files concerning the following subjects: The purchase of a number of boats by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman The Bretton Woods Agreement and its applicability in the Persian Gulf An incident in which an Egyptian-owned merchant vessel named Star o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1945-1948
Extent:
3 files (425 folios)

1400. IOR/R/15/6/469 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/469 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 22: Meteorological
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1948
Extent:
1 file