‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
'File 2/32 I II. AVIATION. C. FOREIGN AVIATION. (I) Use Of Gwadur Landing Ground by K.L.M and Air France.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the concerns raised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the landing of French and Dutch aeroplanes at Gwadur, which is part of his territory. The Sultan desires for these airlines to first obtain his authorization before flying over or landing...
‘File 2/40 AIR FACILITIES. (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME I (FILE 2/40)’
Scope & Content:
The main correspondence in the volume is related to the discussion of proposals for a new Civil Air Agreement to be signed between the British Government and the Government of Muscat and Oman to replace the previous agreement that had lapsed in 1938. The volume includes drafts of the agreement t...
‘File 2/40 II AIR FACILITIES (CIVIL) MUSCAT. VOLUME II’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the Muscat Civil Air Agreement. The correspondence includes draft copies of the agreement, which contains the following: The heads of agreement between His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the Sultan o...
‘File 2/42 AIR AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.K. & FRENCH GOVT.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning a draft agreement between the British and the French governments for the purpose of establishing certain reciprocal facilities for the operation of military flights in or over their territories. The file includes draft copies of the agreement in Englis...
The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colone...
File 3/8 Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Muscat, concerning the transliteration of personal and place names in India and the Persian Gulf. The papers were compiled in response to requests from the Government of India for standardisation in the translation of vernacular names. The paper...
[Un-numbered file] Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places
Scope & Content:
Unnumbered file: the file is numbered 5308, but clearly belongs in this series. The file concerns a request from the India Office for revisions to the Second List of Names in Arabia (N.E. and S.E.), by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (Royal Geographical So...
The file concerns an invitation to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] (and other Persian Gulf rulers) to attend the coronation of King George VI (on 12 May 1937). The papers include: correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieu...
The file concerns the award to Saiyid Said bin Saiyid Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and others in Muscat and Oman, of the Silver Jubilee medal to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coronation of King George V. The papers also concern the holding of durbars to c...
