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Name Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970 Level [38] SubSubSeries

1. IOR/R/15/1/38-118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/38-118
Title:
Political Residency, Bushire: correspondence received and sent
Scope & Content:
The records consist of separate volumes of letters inward and outward; secret letters inward and outward; and 'native letters' inward and outward (also referred to as 'translation books': letters from Native Agents at Bahrain, Shiraz, Sharjah, Muscat, and elsewhere, and local rulers and official...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Persian, and Turkish, Ottoman
Date Range:
1826-1849
Extent:
81 files and volumes (7642 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/391-467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391-467
Title:
File 35: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1895-1946
Extent:
77 files (12,788 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/630-632

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/630-632
Title:
File 23 Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses: recruitment of a teacher for a school in Muscat; issues involved in the purchase or lease of Masirah Island to the British Government as a permanent base;different Arabic titles by which the Sultan of Muscat liked to be referred and how this contrasted with the titles ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944
Extent:
3 files (35 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/23-24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/23-24
Title:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies
Scope & Content:
File XVIII: Coal Mining Rights and Monopolies consists of two files: volume XVIII/2 (IOR/R/15/6/23) and file XVIII/4 (IOR/R/15/6/24). The files contain correspondence dating from 1900 until 1928, which relates mainly to attaining coal and oil prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. While the Sulta...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1900-1928
Extent:
2 files (411 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/50-55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/50-55
Title:
File XXXIII: Affairs of Muscat Ruling Family
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXIII: Affairs of Muscat Ruling Family consists of three files and three volumes; these are files XXXIII/1, XXXIII/4, and XXXIII/11A, and volumes XXXIII/11B, XXXIII/11B- Vol II, and XXXIII/12. These files and volumes are mostly in the form of letters and reports related ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1888-1933
Extent:
6 files (688 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/69 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/69 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XVII/2 Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File XVII/2 Gwadar’ consists of one volume, XVII/2. The correspondence in the sub-sub-series is related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. Among th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1885-1907
Extent:

1 volume (88 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70-71
Title:
File 1 Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File 1 Arms Traffic’ consists of one volume (1/1), and one file (also 1/1). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to arms trafficking in Oman mainly in Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Masirah, Suwaiq, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. Among the ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1947
Extent:
2 files (388 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/143-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/143-144
Title:
File 6: Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
The Zanzibar files of the Political Agency, Muscat concern political affairs linking the Sultanate of Zanzibar with the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The main themes are political intrigues and unrest designed to bring about the deposition of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his replacement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1905
Extent:
2 files (162 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/182 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/182 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 7: Dhufar
Scope & Content:
The Dhufar sub-sub-series consists of a single file regarding affairs related to Dhofar [Dhufar], notably the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's residence there while away from Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1923-1928
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 23: Agriculture
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Agriculture' contains one file relating to the effort to control locust infestations in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1948
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)