File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning reports of Iranian Government customs vessels 'interfering' with a number of vessels from Oman and Kuwait. In addition to correspondence that discusses these specific instances, the file also contains correspondence regarding...
This file consists of brief notes on the branch of the Na'im [Āl Na'īm] tribe based in Beraymee ['Al Buraymī, Oman]. The typewritten notes appear to have been compiled during the 1930s. They consist of excerpts from 19th century British correspondence and memoranda, covering the period 1845-1881,...
File 11/3 Diaries and reports: Capt O'Connor's report on Oman
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This file consists of a Military Report on Oman by Captain R L O'Connor, and a letter from the Deputy Director, Military intelligence in New Delhi to the Political Agent at Muscat, enclosing copies of O'Connor's reports on the routes from Muscat to Sohar and Muscat to Sur.
File 11/27 Assistance to Political Officers in the Persian Gulf (Defence)
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This file contains a copy of a memorandum from the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain to the Political Agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait concerning the circumstances in which Royal Navy ships could be called upon to render assistance to political officers in the Persian Gulf (folios 2-3). Als...
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, concerning the installation of air-conditioning in quarters occupied by the Company's staff; statistics of average monthly cable traf...
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers consist almost entirely of correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, and cover: change of Company name; procedural matters; building works at the Company's premises; a request by the S...
File 17/3 Government Property: Plans of Agency Building
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This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Executive Engineer (Persian Gulf, Bushire), regarding the Political Agency building in Muscat, including its fire precautions and the installation of electric lights and fans. The file also contains blu...
File 17/7 Boat for the use of the Political Agent, Muscat
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This volume contains correspondence and documents, primarily invoices and receipts, concerning the supply of sailing vessels and related parts to the Political Agency in Muscat. Much of this correspondence relates to the purchase of a Montagu whaler boat (generally referred to in the papers erro...
File No: 19/3-G Name: Boarding of Star of Mex (by Arabs)
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This file contains correspondence regarding an incident in which an Egyptian-owned merchant vessel named Star of Mexico ran ashore at Ras al Hadd and was reportedly boarded and 'looted' by locals. The correspondence discusses the initial incident and events subsequent to it, including attempts t...
Twenty cases relating to individuals and small groups, kidnapped or transported from Baluchistan or India, to the Trucial Coast, in particular Dubai. Some of the cases are straightforward and involve the appearance or retrieval of slaves in the Dubai area, often initiated by the Sharjah Residenc...