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1. IOR/R/15/6/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/144
Title:
File 6/1 ZANZIBAR
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/471
Title:
'War Censorship'
Scope & Content:
This volume pertains to the wartime censorship of communication to and from Muscat during the Second World War. In particular, the volume's papers contain instructions from the Government of India to the Political Agency in Muscat on the precise parameters of wartime censorship in multiple langua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1939-8 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/470
Title:
File 23/3 III Anti-locust campaign
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to an anti-locust campaign in Oman in 1945. The papers contain letters, telegrams, and reports by a number of agencies that were largely coordinated from the Political Agency in Muscat. These include the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, as well as Indian, Egyptian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-29 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/71
Title:
FILE NO: 1/1 ARMS TRAFFIC
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, letters, and extracts from intelligence summaries related to arms trafficking in Oman. The main correspondence is related to the recovery of boxes of small arms ammunition that were recovered by local inhabitants from shallow water off Ras al-Hadd in Oman. They are s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1946-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/456
Title:
File 17/2 Horticulture'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and documents regarding the creation and management of a garden attached to the Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the correspondence in the volume is between officials of the Political Agency in Muscat and various horticultural suppliers and specialists in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
18 Apr 1933-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70
Title:
File 1/1 ARMS TRAFFIC Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to arms trafficking in certain areas of the Trucial Coast, mainly Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. The Baluch in Oman were the main arm dealers smuggling arms from Dubai to Persia. This was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/455
Title:
File XVII/2 Government Property, Christian Cemeteries
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to the maintenance and condition of the three Christian (or European) cemeteries in Muscat. The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials, but the file also contains correspondence between the Politic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Sep 1936-19 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (35 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/291
Title:
File 8/96 Landing Contract
Scope & Content:
This file relates to cargo handling at Muscat. It contains a small amount of correspondence concerning existing and prospective landing contracts. The main correspondent is the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat. Also included is a letter from Messrs Khan Bahadur Nassib bin Mahomed and Son, wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1950-28 Jun 1950
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/182

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/182
Title:
File 7/2 Summary of Events in Dhofar [Dhufar] From 1906-1923
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding affairs related to Dhofar [Dhufar], notably the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's residence there while away from Muscat. Much of this correspondence is between British officials but the file also contains letters exchanged between the Sultan of Muscat and Om...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 May 1923-3 Jan 1928
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

10. 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)

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