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

1. IOR/L/PS/10/1275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1275
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 2 ‘Muscat Situation at Sur.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers concerning the situation at Sur in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The papers mainly relate to ‘difficulties’ which had arisen between the tribes of Sur and the Government of Muscat, inter-tribal and inter-factional rivalries, the question of what action the British...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1926-19 Nov 1931
Extent:

1 volume (396 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/1276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1276
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘MUSCAT: FUTURE POLICY IN. Tariffs.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to British policy in Muscat. It includes some papers regarding the situation at Sur; however most of the volume concerns the financial situation of the Muscat state, mainly the proposal to increase state revenues by removing the limitation on the power of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1928-17 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (489 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1951
Title:
Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the establishment of facilities along the southern coast of Oman for a proposed Muscat-Aden air route. It predominantly consists of reports on expeditions to establish (or repair) landing grounds and petrol storage facilities at the following locations: Masirah Island,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (169 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2957

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2957
Title:
Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, notes, and draft correspondence relating to two incidents in Oman. The first, which the majority of the papers deal with, was the rebellious attitude of members of the Beni Bu Ali tribe, led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah. The papers, which c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Nov 1931-12 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (262 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/18/B416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B416
Title:
Report on Sur. By Major G. P. Murphy, I.A., Indian Political Department, Political Agent, Muscat
Scope & Content:
Report on Sur by Major Gerald Patrick Murphy, Political Agent of Muscat, dated 9 October 1928. It is divided into the following sections: I. – 'Geographical Description of Sur' – including an introduction to the tribes who inhabit it; II. – 'Historical Summary of the Bani Bu Ali' – including th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1929
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/127
Title:
1851/52 Residency in the Persian Gulf English Correspondence No.7 Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence sent to and from the Persian Gulf Residency (the Resident at the time being Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hennell), concerning the slave trade between the coast of East Africa and the Persian Gulf, and Britain's maritime efforts to suppress it. The main correspondent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1851-31 Dec 1851
Extent:
1 file, 20 items (41 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/403

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/403
Title:
File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the use of French flags by dhows at Sur and the actions taken by the Sultan of Muscat and the Government of India. Includes a hand drawn map (folio 33) 'Rough sketch of Soor'. Topics covered include: The establishment of a French consulate Representation of the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
9 Dec 1892-11 Jan 1905
Extent:
1 volume (249 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/441
Title:
File 35/134 I A. 40. Sur: Amirs of Jaalan
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning fighting at Sur between the Bani Bu Ali and the Arama. Includes a number of reports from Major Gerald Patrick Murphy the Political Agent, Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf on the general situation in Oman and concerns that due to tribal involvement th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Mar 1928-18 Nov 1928
Extent:
1 volume (274 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/442
Title:
File 35/134 II A 44 Jaalan. Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the rebellion of the Sur area and issues of the extension of the authority of the Sultan of Muscat. Includes discussion by the Political Agent, Muscat of the creation of a protectorate in Muscat and Oman; a 'note on our present policy in Muscat'; questionnaire on plann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1928-24 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/443

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/443
Title:
File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)