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1. IOR/L/PS/18/B339

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B339
Title:
Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a copy of the 'Syria and Mesopotamia: Anglo-French declaration of 8 November 1918'. It is written in French and expresses the wishes of Britain and France to liberate those they feel have been 'too long oppressed by the Turks' by helping them to install functional government...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
8 Nov 1918
Extent:

1 file (1 folio)

2. IOR/R/15/1/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/416
Title:
Muscat reforms: customs; finances and negotiations with Omanis
Scope & Content:
Correspondence covers debts of the Sultan of Muscat, reforms to increase revenues, and negotiations with Omani rebels. Topics include: Budget for 1919; Currency and customs; The desire of the Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] to abdicate; Terms of negotiations with tribes from the interior of Oman; Pr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1919-15 Apr 1920
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/417

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/417
Title:
File 35/87 IV (A 30) Muscat reforms
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reform of the government of the Muscat. Topics include: finances of Muscat; the lease or purchase of Gwadur [Gwadar] from the Sultan of Muscat; judicial reforms; Captain MacCollum, the wazir; the question of the abdication of Sayyid Taimur and arrangements made f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Apr 1920-20 May 1921
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/419
Title:
File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat. Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Ber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1924-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/420
Title:
Muscat finances
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence discussing the following topics connected with the British reform of the Muscat State: Reductions in the allowance paid to Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] and other members of the ruling family; Proposed allowance for Sayid Said [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1928-27 May 1931
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)