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1231. IOR/R/15/6/309

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/309
Title:
File 9/5 Naval & Shipping: Facilities for Royal Navy at Muscat Sultanate
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning the establishment and maintenance of naval facilities within the territories of the Muscat Sultanate. Proposals for the following facilities are covered by the file: an examination service at Khassab for ships entering the Persian Gulf; a small station ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1942-9 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

1232. IOR/R/15/6/386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/386
Title:
File 11/34 III Muscat War Subsidy and Defence of Arab Side of Gulf
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence concerning arrangements for the defence of Muscat (with occasional references to other locations in the Gulf more broadly, including Kuwait). Much of this correspondence relates to the details of a financial 'war subsidy' paid to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Oct 1939-10 Mar 1941
Extent:
1 volume (188 folios)

1233. IOR/R/15/6/403

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/403
Title:
File 12/1 I CABLE & WIRELESS LTD: September 1935 - Oct 1941.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: the introduction by the Company of a cable running direct from Karachi to Muscat, and from Muscat to Bushire, and the enlargement of the cable station at Muscat, 1935; the issuing of a licence to the C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Sep 1935-29 Oct 1941
Extent:
1 volume (176 folios)

1234. IOR/R/15/1/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/221
Title:
File 5/191 Kidnapping of Baluchis and Indians on the Mekran Coast and exporting them for sale at Oman and Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence between various British Government officials in the Persian Gulf, who were responding to a perceived increase in the trade of slaves across the Gulf of Oman, from the Baluchistan coast to the Batinah and Trucial coasts on the Arabian Peninsula. A significant pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1921-29 Jul 1922
Extent:

1 volume (249 folios)

1235. IOR/R/15/1/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/233
Title:
'File 5/198 II, 199, 200 Kidnapping of persons on the Trucial Coast; purchase and export of slaves from the Trucial Coast; Saudi Government's regulations on the slave traffic'
Scope & Content:
The contents of subject file 5/198 II relate to four kidnapping and slave trade incidents that occurred on the Trucial Coast between 1938 and 1941. In one incident (folios 8-22), the boat of the suspected trader, used to transport slaves, had its rudder and sail removed by the Shaikh of Dubai's ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1935-30 May 1941
Extent:

1 volume (77 folios)

1236. IOR/R/15/1/701

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/701
Title:
'Confdl. 86/47 Umm-al-Qawain Oil'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises a letter from Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) enclosing a copy of the concession agreement signed with Shaikh Aḥmad bin rāshid Āl Mu'alla ( of Umm-al-Qawain [...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1945-10 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

1237. IOR/R/15/2/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/144
Title:
File 1/A/11 I Honours and Awards.
Scope & Content:
The file relates to the award of titles and honours, principally to Gulf rulers, but also to Bahraini citizens and members of staff of the Political Agency, Bahrain. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and the India Offi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Feb 1932-29 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 volume (346 folios)

1238. IOR/R/15/2/163

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/163
Title:
File 1/A/39 II GUN-RUNNING AND PIRACY.
Scope & Content:
The volume concerns gun-running and piracy in the Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Residency Agent, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Muscat; and the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf (SNOPG). The papers c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1938-11 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

1239. IOR/R/15/2/728

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/728
Title:
‘File 28/35 Defence of Qatar’
Scope & Content:
The file, while entitled ‘Defence of Qatar’, chiefly concerns the issue of six rifles and 1,200 rounds of small arms ammunition (SAA) to British personnel employed by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in Qatar during the war. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Agent at...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1939-20 Aug 1941
Extent:
1 file (73 folios)

1240. IOR/R/15/2/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/897
Title:
‘File 41/2 Arms traffic’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence in response to various reports of arms smuggling in around the Arabian Peninsula. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Captain Raymo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1945-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (109 folios)

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