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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Dhufar, Asia, Oman Level [40] File

1. IOR/L/PS/12/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/53
Title:
PZ 2855/1932 'Southern Arabia: Enquiry from Mr F.B. Lacy regarding possible presence of mineral deposits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the enquiry of F B Lacy relating to the possible presence of mineral deposits in Dhufar and Ubar in Southern Arabia, and the possibility of obtaining permission to prospect in the area from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with a view to a potential minin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1932-30 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/393

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/393
Title:
File 35/17 I Attack on Dhufar
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning an attack on Dhofar by the Kathiri tribe. The attack was sparked off by the imprisonment of a tribesman for evading the Sultan's tax on frankincense. Letters discuss the dispatch of an armed force from Muscat to Salalah in dhows, led by Sayyid Saif bin Hamad bin Salim t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1895-26 May 1897
Extent:
1 volume (127 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/6/383

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/383
Title:
File 11/33 Boundary of Dhofar and limits of political jurisdiction of Muscat and Aden
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Colonial Office letter related to the administration of the Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya] Islands (folios 2-3), a note on Dhufar written by Gordon Noel Jackson, Assistant Political Agent Muscat (folios 4-12), and an India Office letter regarding the boundary between Muscat ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Nov 1937-25 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)