Al Janabah and other tribes rising against the Sultan - 1898
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the rebellion instigated by the Jenebeh Tribe of Sur in Oman against the authority of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Turkee bin Faisal, in 1898. The letters are mostly exchanges on the evolving political situation in 1898 between the Political Agent in Muscat...
File XVIII/2 COAL, MINING RIGHTS AND MONOPOLIES Expedition to the neighbourhood of Sur, 1901.
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The volume contains telegraphs, letters and reports regarding the possibility of establishing a coal trade with the coast of Oman in the district of Sur. The correspondence is mainly between the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Unde...
File XVIII/4 coal, mining rights and monopolies Anglo- Persian Oil Company, 1921 to 1928.
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The file contains correspondence related to the request raised by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to get exclusive prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. British officials reported the importance of securing an agreement from the Sultan of Muscat, similar to the convention made with other Gulf sha...
File XXII/2 Houses and Landed Property Notifications ordering registration of transfers of land and household property. 1902-1910.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of notifications related to the registration of transfers of real property in Muscat and Oman from or to British subjects or British protected persons. These notifications are issued by the British Consulate and the Political Agency at Muscat, and are ...
'File XXII/5 Houses and Landed Property Deeds in connection with the purchase by Govt. of the premises adjoining the British Consulate at Muscat in August. 1901 (near British Consular Escort Lines).’
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The volume contains conveyances and sale deeds of properties in Muscat, which were purchased by the British Consulate at Muscat, on behalf of the British Government. It also contains sale deeds between foreigners in Muscat that have been approved by the British Consulate Court at Muscat.
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
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This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
File XXXII/12 '1. Finances. 2. Customs Duties (Sur). 3. Financial Crisis, 1931. 4. Treaties with France and America'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily at the Political Agency in Muscat, the Political Residency in Bushire and the India Office in London) concerning economic problems in the Sultanate of Muscat and the consequent need to raise its customs tariffs in order to in...
File XXXIII/11-A Affairs of the Ruling Family Sultan's Abdication Oct. 1919 to Nov. 1929.
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the latter’s visit to India and his subsequent proposal to reside there and to abdicate the Sul...
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.
Scope & Content:
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 t...
'File 23/II-B-Vol II ABDICATION of SULTAN SAIYID TAIMUR & ACCESSION of SAIYID SAID Nov. 1931- Dec. 1932.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports related to the abdication of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īdi and the succession of his son, Sa‘id bin Taymūr in 1932. The correspondence is concerned with the financial difficulty the abd...
