The Arabian Politics sub-sub-series consists of files containing correspondence and reports related to political developments in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula, with an emphasis on the British Government's relationship with the Ruler of Nejd, Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal...
The Foreign Interests sub-sub-series contains files related to the interests and activities of foreign states in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the wider Gulf region. The files relate to the United States of America (IOR/R/15/6/145-147,174,179), France (IOR/R/15/6/148-151), Germany (IOR/...
The Miscellaneous sub-sub-series consists of three files concerning the following subjects: The purchase of a number of boats by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman The Bretton Woods Agreement and its applicability in the Persian Gulf An incident in which an Egyptian-owned merchant vessel named Star o...
The Establishment files of the Political Agency, Muscat provide general information about the composition of the Agency's staff during the period in question, including comprehensive Annual Returns of staff for the period 1933-47 (IOR/R/15/6/138-139). IOR/R/15/6/137 concerns proposals for the ap...
This sub-sub series contains correspondence relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, mineral deposits in Oman, explorations by geologists, the Sultanate's relationship to the Sterling Area, and the development of banking arrangements in the Sultanate.
The sub-sub-series ‘Aviation’ covers the signing of Civil Air Agreements between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman between 1934 and 1947, and the establishment of landing grounds at various sites in the Sultan’s territories. The landing grounds were established as a war me...
This sub-sub series comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to entry and exit of a number of individuals to Muscat and the observations of British officials concerning them. The principal correspondents are: the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Resi...