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6491. IOR/R/15/6/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/24
Title:
File XVIII/4 coal, mining rights and monopolies Anglo- Persian Oil Company, 1921 to 1928.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the request raised by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to get exclusive prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. British officials reported the importance of securing an agreement from the Sultan of Muscat, similar to the convention made with other Gulf sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1913-23 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 file (252 folios)

6492. IOR/R/15/6/25

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/25
Title:
File XXII/2 Houses and Landed Property Notifications ordering registration of transfers of land and household property. 1902-1910.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of notifications related to the registration of transfers of real property in Muscat and Oman from or to British subjects or British protected persons. These notifications are issued by the British Consulate and the Political Agency at Muscat, and are ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1902-15 Jan 1905
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

6493. IOR/R/15/6/26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/26
Title:
'File XXII/5 Houses and Landed Property Deeds in connection with the purchase by Govt. of the premises adjoining the British Consulate at Muscat in August. 1901 (near British Consular Escort Lines).’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains conveyances and sale deeds of properties in Muscat, which were purchased by the British Consulate at Muscat, on behalf of the British Government. It also contains sale deeds between foreigners in Muscat that have been approved by the British Consulate Court at Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1883-9 Aug 1901
Extent:

1 volume (10 folios)

6494. IOR/R/15/6/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27
Title:
File XXIII/1 British Consulate Muscat, Travels in Oman, 1894-1900
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a proposed journey from Muscat across southern Arabia to Hadhramaut in Yemen by the explorer, James Theodore Bent. The correspondence focuses on Bent's request for an Indian surveyor in the employ of the Government of India to accompany him on the tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1894-25 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

6495. 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)

6496. IOR/R/15/6/29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/29
Title:
File XXIII/5 Travels in Oman. Intending Travellers (1911 to 1922)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to two topics: A request made in 1911 by the Danish Legation in London (on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society) for the British Government to support a proposed Danish expedition to Oman and Hadhramaut in Yemen. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1911-17 Aug 1922
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

6497. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

6498. IOR/R/15/6/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/31
Title:
File XXV/2 Arabian Affairs (including Iraq). Qatar and al Hassa (Bin Saud)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the seizure of al-Hasa from Ottoman control by Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his growth in power along the littoral. The impact of this development upon relations between Bin Saud and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1913-1 Sep 1914
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

6499. IOR/R/15/6/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/32
Title:
File XXV/3 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Arab Revolt in the Hejaz against the Turks, 1916
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and reports related to the British Government's response to the announcement of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (folios 2-14) and to political-military developments in the Hejaz between 1924 and 1926, notably the conquest of Jeddah and the fal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1916-17 Jun 1926
Extent:
1 file (243 folios)

6500. IOR/R/15/6/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/33
Title:
File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence (both letters and telegrams) between British officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses political and military updates concerning Britain's military occupation of the country and local armed resistance to it....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1920-Dec 1920
Extent:
1 file (43 folios)

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