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1781. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

1782. IOR/R/15/6/49

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/49
Title:
File XXXII/12 '1. Finances. 2. Customs Duties (Sur). 3. Financial Crisis, 1931. 4. Treaties with France and America'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Dec 1928-31 Dec 1930
Extent:
1 file (129 folios)

1783. 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)

1784. 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)

1785. IOR/R/15/6/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/52
Title:
File XXXIII/11-A Affairs of the Ruling Family Sultan's Abdication Oct. 1919 to Nov. 1929.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1919-10 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

1786. IOR/R/15/6/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/53
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1920-6 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

1787. IOR/R/15/6/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/54
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1931-2 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

1788. IOR/R/15/6/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/55
Title:
File XXXIII/12. EDUCATION of SAIYID SAID BIN TAIMUR 1916-1926.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Simla, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the education of his son Sa‘id bin Taimur, who was born in 10 August 1910. Initially, the Sultan was keen ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1916-9 Sep 1927
Extent:
1 volume (63 folios)

1789. IOR/R/15/6/56

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/56
Title:
File XXXIV/3 PROLONGATION of COMMERCIAL TREATY. 1919-1931
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, reports and notes between British officials in Muscat, Bushire, and New Delhi and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891. The original Treaty was signed between the British Go...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1919-26 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (247 folios)

1790. 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)

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