File 11/1 Correspondence re - SLAVE TRAFFIC AND Kidnapping etc: of Slaves (including Proclamations)
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The file contains copies of covering letters and extracts of the 1873 Slave Trade Proclamation sent between 1926 and 1938. The letters were sent by Political Residency staff to British representatives in the political agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait. The file contains five copies of the ex...
‘Miscellaneous 16/13 Pensions to Bahadur Khan & Niadar Khan Levy Corps Havildars – Correspondence re –’
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Correspondence relating to arrangements for the payment of Indian military pensions for individuals either residing in Bahrain, or who have worked in Bahrain and wish to return to British India. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Secretary to the Politic...
File 38/2 Miscellaneous Assistance to Sheikh of Kuwait
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The file contains correspondence related to assistance provided by the Political Agent, Kuwait, and other Government of India offices to the Shaikh of Kuwait. The correspondence is mostly between the Political Agent, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Political Departm...
‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs. Proposal for a Muscat Levy Corps Scheme and Estimates.’
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The proposed Levy is to be commanded, armed, paid and equipped through British or Indian officers. The primary object for the p...
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/268), this file mainly concerns the deputation of Pakistan Army officers with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levy Corps). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the possibility of extending the deputati...
File 8/82 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR IMPROVEMENTS.
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This file relates to the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan; it is written as Gwadar in some of the correspondence]. The file begins with discussion of a proposal from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to devote the whole of his Gwadur revenue to the improv...
File 8/95 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, GWADUR.
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This file concerns medical and educational facilities in Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. Most of the correspondence relates to the recruitment of staff, specifically regarding the following positions: sanitary inspector, medical officer, compounder, English teacher, and Urdu teacher. The corr...
File 11/20 Gwadur Political Affairs (Defilement of Aga Khani Graveyard)'
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This volume contains papers and correspondence relating to communal disturbances that took place in Gwadur Gwadar between members of the Khoja/Aga Khani Ismaili community, who were British subjects, and the Baluchi community, who were subjects of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Specifically, much...
File 17/1 Government Properties. Christian Cemeteries'
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the European (or Christian) cemeteries in Muscat. Much of the correspondence is between British diplomatic and naval officials concerning their general upkeep and maintenance. As such, a number of lists of those individuals b...
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...
