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1. IOR/R/15/6/27-30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27-30
Title:
File XXIII: Travels in Oman
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series consists of files that contain correspondence and reports related to a number of journeys made in and around Oman by both British Government officials and private explorers. It also contains details of a number of planned journeys that did not eventually take place.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1894-1927
Extent:
4 files (144 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/28

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/28
Title:
File XXIII/1 Travels in Oman, Travels in Oman, 1901-1908
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a number of trips made in Oman, primarily by Percy Zachariah Cox the Political Agent in Muscat. It includes correspondence with the Survey of India Department, the Government of India and the Political Residency in Bushire. In addition to this correspo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Apr 1901-26 Feb 1908
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/29
Title:
File XXIII/5 Travels in Oman. Intending Travellers (1911 to 1922)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to two topics: A request made in 1911 by the Danish Legation in London (on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society) for the British Government to support a proposed Danish expedition to Oman and Hadhramaut in Yemen. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1911-17 Aug 1922
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27
Title:
File XXIII/1 British Consulate Muscat, Travels in Oman, 1894-1900
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a proposed journey from Muscat across southern Arabia to Hadhramaut in Yemen by the explorer, James Theodore Bent. The correspondence focuses on Bent's request for an Indian surveyor in the employ of the Government of India to accompany him on the tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1894-25 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

5. 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)