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1981. IOR/R/15/6/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/458
Title:
File 17/5 Staff Accommodation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction, furnishing and subsequent maintenance and repairs of a 'political bungalow' for the use of British officials to stay in while visiting Gwadur [Gwadar]. A plan of the bungalow produced prior to construction is contained on folio 41. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Jun 1934-5 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

1982. IOR/R/15/6/459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/459
Title:
File 17/7 Boat for the use of the Political Agent, Muscat
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and documents, primarily invoices and receipts, concerning the supply of sailing vessels and related parts to the Political Agency in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat (generally referred to in the papers erro...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Feb 1925-19 Apr 1943
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

1983. IOR/R/15/6/460

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/460
Title:
File 17/13 Acquisition of Gwadar Political Bungalow by Air Ministry for Imperial Airways
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the acquisition of a bungalow in Gwadur [Gwadar] by Imperial Airways. Prior to its purchase the bungalow was used primarily by British political officers passing through Gwadur. The correspondence also discusses the furnishing...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1929-13 Feb 1942
Extent:
1 file (135 folios)

1984. IOR/R/15/6/465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/465
Title:
File [XVIII/10] Drainage of malarial pond; report on `Malaria in Muscat' by Maj Clifford A.Gill (Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1916-17); anti-malaria campaign
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to efforts to contain the presence and spread of Malaria in Oman by the Omani government with the aid of the British Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the file's papers are reports on the current state of wells, drainage systems, agricultural ditches and wate...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 May 1939-7 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (139 folios)

1985. IOR/R/15/6/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/466
Title:
File 19/3 H.D.M. Launches (For Sultan)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of a number of launches [large motor boats] from the Royal Indian Navy by the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Some of the correspondence also concerns the purchase of guns to be mounted on these boats. The primary corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1945-28 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

1986. 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)

1987. 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)

1988. IOR/R/15/6/472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/472
Title:
War Subsidy & Grants 1939 to 1942
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to the supply and gifting of arms and ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman during roughly the first half of the Second World War between 1939 and 1942. The papers are primarily receipts and lists of weapons and ammunition requested and subsequently tran...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1939-9 Jan 1943
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)

1989. IOR/X/3630/19/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3630/19/1-2
Title:
‘Chart of the Gulf of Persia. Constructed from the Trigonometrical Surveys Made by Order of The Hon.ble the Court of Directors of the United English East India Company; by George Barnes Brucks, Commander H.C. Marine. 1830. Engraved by R. Bateman, 85 Long Acre’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings. Nautical chart of the Persian Gulf compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829, with pla...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1832
Extent:

1 map on 2 sheets

1990. IOR/X/3635/35/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3635/35/1-2
Title:
'Chart of The Gulf of Persia.'
Scope & Content:
Sheet 1 (Eastern) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/1 Sheet 2 (Western) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/2 Covers the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the coastlines of Persia [Iran], Mesopotamia and the north-eastern Arabian Peninsula eastwards to the Musandam Peninsula. Includes a hinterland of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

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