File 4/15 (i) Demise of His most gracious majesty king George V. (ii) Accession of His majesty king Edward VIII. (iii) Accession of His majesty king George VI
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The file concerns the response in Muscat and Oman to the following events: the death of King George V (on 20 January 1936); the accession of King Edward VIII (also on 20 January 1936); and the accession of King George VI (on 11 December 1936). The file also concerns the Coronation of King George...
The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the sub...
File 6/1 REPORTED PLOT TO GET SAIYID TURKI TO ABDICATE AND THEN RE-AMALGAMATE MUSCAT WITH ZANZIBAR IN 1880. SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR'S PRESENTS TO THE SHAIKHS OF OMAN. SUGGESTED COMPLICITY OF ZANZIBAR IN MUSCAT REBELLION OF 1895.
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The file concerns political matters concerning both Muscat and Oman (also referred to as Muskat and Maskat), and Zanzibar. The papers include: correspondence concerning reported discussions between Seyyid Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his brother, ...
The file concerns two items of correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The first is an anonymous letter to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (in Arabic, with English translation), dated 14 February 1901, concerning Hilal bin Amr, former Vizier to the Sultan of Zanzibar. The letter warns the Sultan tha...
File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah]. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency and the Br...
File 6/2 Foreign Interests: Discontinuance of American Consulate at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence sent from the British Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat to the Political Residency in Bushire concerning the closure of the US Consulate in Muscat. It also contains a limited amount of correspondence on the same subject between the British Political Agenc...
File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Consulate Building at Muscat and Visit to Muscat of French Consul, Bombay to Muscat
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the French consulate in Bombay [Mumbai] and the British Political Agency in Muscat concerning the refurbishment and upkeep of the vacant French Consulate building in Muscat. In addition to this correspondence, the file also contains details...
File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Interests in Muscat
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This file contains correspondence related to the French Consulate in Muscat and French interests in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman generally. Much of the correspondence relates to the Consulate building itself including the period after the French Government closed the Consulate and the buildi...
File 6/8 Foreign Interests: Persian Intrigue in Connection with Gwadar
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This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Muscat, the British Agency in Gwadur and officials of the Government of India concerning reports of a group of armed Iranians crossing the Indo-Iranian border into Gwadur (then a part of the territory of the Sultanate of Muscat and...
File 6-D/5 Foreign Interests: Persian Consul's Visit to Gwadar
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This file contains correspondence concerning a visit to Gwadur made by A H Meftah, the Persian Vice-Consul in Quetta without permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa'id bin Taymur Al Bu Sa'id. The correspondence in the file is mainly between officials at the British Agency in Gwadur, th...
