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1841. IOR/R/15/6/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122
Title:
File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: ARAB DESERT LAW
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

1842. IOR/R/15/6/122-127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122-127
Title:
File 3 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Subject files File 3 (Books and Publications) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: customary law, charts and maps, land routes, and transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
1929-1939
Extent:
6 files (184 folios)

1843. IOR/R/15/6/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/126
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Mar 1903-10 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

1844. IOR/R/15/6/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/127
Title:
[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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1936-1 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

1845. IOR/R/15/6/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/128
Title:
File 4/2 CORONATION OF H.M. KING GEORGE VI
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1937-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

1846. IOR/R/15/6/128-134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/128-134
Title:
File 4: Ceremonials, Honours and Awards
Scope & Content:
The Subject files File 4 (Ceremonials, Honours and Awards) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: the Silver Jubilee of King George V; the death of King George V; the Coronation of King George VI; flags; ceremonial, etiquette a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1948
Extent:
7 files and volumes (391 folios)

1847. IOR/R/15/6/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/129
Title:
File 4/3 SILVER JUBILEE MEDALS & KHARITAS
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1935-7 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

1848. IOR/R/15/6/134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/134
Title:
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
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1936-24 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

1849. IOR/R/15/6/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/136
Title:
File 5/4 1. Pradham Singh 2. Abdul Wahab 3. Mohamad Ishaq
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1936-1 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (118 folios)

1850. IOR/R/15/6/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/143
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1880-28 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 file (158 folios)

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