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The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
The file concerns Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers cover: correspondence concerning the Post Office boundary; sketch plans of sites; the disposal and sale of buildings (the 'Old Political Bungalow' and the 'Inspection Bungalow') to the Government of Muscat and Oman; well; co...
File 13/2 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to arms traffic between Iran and Muscat and associated activity such as piracy and slave running. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
File 13/4 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY (MIR HASSAN)'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slave running in Muscat territory, in particular in the area near the customs post at Suwaiq. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slave trafficking in Muscat territory from the Makran coast. The file includes a note (ff 5-6) from the Political Agent, Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf 'SLAVERY ON THE BATINAH [Al-B...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions Discussions with Major Frank Holmes about visit...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following main issues: Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) ...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to prospecting for coal and other minerals in Dhofar. Issues discussed include terms of a concession, technical mining issues and assessments of commercial viability of mining the coal seams and ore. The f...
File 14/6 EXPLOITATION IN MUSCAT TERRITORY BY GEOLOGISTS
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence on two matters in 1937 and 1940 respectively: Correspondence (includes copy of original letter in Arabic, folio 3) in 1937 concerns a complaint from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman about the arrival in Buraimi of a relative (Sultan bin Zaid) of the Shaikh of Abu D...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the activity of Dr Syed Abdul Wahab Al Askari. The discussion in the file relates to this individual, allegedly an Iraqi subject, who was perceived as a doctor of dubious credentials who had entered the...
