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151. IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/311 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 9: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The Slave Trade sub-sub-series consists of one file containing correspondence relating to the slave trade in the Persian Gulf, and particularly in Kuwait. Much of the correspondence deals with requests for information about the Persian Gulf slave trade from the League of Nations' Advisory Commit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1929-27 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (194 folios)

152. IOR/R/15/5/313-319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/313-319
Title:
File 13: Foreigners
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series contains papers, mainly correspondence, of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to foreigners in Kuwait and the Persian Gulf. It includes files relating the following subjects: the American Mission and American missionaries in Kuwait (IOR/R/15/5/313 and IOR/R/15/5/314) forei...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1949
Extent:
7 files (489 folios)

153. IOR/R/15/5/365-398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/365-398
Title:
Miscellaneous official and non-official printed material
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series consists of official and some non-official printed material collected at the Kuwait Agency, presumably for reference purposes. The material includes dictionaries, gazetteers, travel diaries, reports, indexes, and manuals.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
1829-1940
Extent:
58 files and volumes

154. IOR/R/15/6/23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/23-24
Title:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies
Scope & Content:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies consists of two files: volume XVIII/2 (IOR/R/15/6/23) and file XVIII/4 (IOR/R/15/6/24). The files contain correspondence dating from 1900 until 1928, which relates mainly to attaining coal and oil prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. While the Sulta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1928
Extent:
2 files (411 folios)

155. IOR/R/15/6/25-26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/25-26
Title:
File XXII: Houses and Landed Property
Scope & Content:
File XXII: Houses and Landed Property consists of two files: file XXII/2 and volume XXII/5. The files contain correspondence dating from 1883 until 1905. The correspondence is mainly in the form of notifications, conveyances and sale deeds of properties owned by British subjects or British protec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1883-1905
Extent:
2 files (40 folios)

156. IOR/R/15/6/27-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27-30
Title:
File XXIII: Travels in Oman
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series consists of files that contain correspondence and reports related to a number of journeys made in and around Oman by both British Government officials and private explorers. It also contains details of a number of planned journeys that did not eventually take place.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1894-1927
Extent:
4 files (144 folios)

157. IOR/R/15/6/49 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/49 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XXXII: Finance
Scope & Content:
The Finance sub-sub-series consists of a single file regarding the finances of the Sultanate of Oman and a proposal to raise its customs tariffs in order to increase state revenue.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1928-1930
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

158. IOR/R/15/6/50-55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/50-55
Title:
File XXXIII: Affairs of Muscat Ruling Family
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXIII: Affairs of Muscat Ruling Family consists of three files and three volumes; these are files XXXIII/1, XXXIII/4, and XXXIII/11A, and volumes XXXIII/11B, XXXIII/11B- Vol II, and XXXIII/12. These files and volumes are mostly in the form of letters and reports related ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1888-1933
Extent:
6 files (688 folios)

159. IOR/R/15/6/56 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/56 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XXXIV/3 Prolongation of Commercial Treaty
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXIV/3 Prolongation of Commercial Treaty consists of one volume; this is XXXIV/3. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891. The renewal of the Treaty was upon the request of the Sultan of Muscat and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1919-1931
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

160. IOR/R/15/6/57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/57-58
Title:
'File XXXV Administrative Reforms in Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXV Administrative Reforms in Muscat consists of one file, XXXV/3 and one volume, XXXV/5. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the appointment of Financial Advisors to Muscat State: Bertram Thomas between 1925 and 1930, and Stuart Edwin Hedgcock between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1924-1931
Extent:
2 files (430 folios)