The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the sub...
This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes four copies of a single page of notes on the boundaries of the Sultanate, dated January 1936 and prepared by the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (ff 3-6), together with four versions of an accompanying sketch m...
This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The notes include the following: a preliminary...
File 8/67 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT – OMAN TREATY.
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This file concerns a letter received by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat from Shaikh Isa bin Salih al Harthi [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ṣāliḥ al-Ḥārthī], in which the Shaikh mentions that the Muscat Government, in the absence of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], has bee...
'File 9/5 I R. N. Facilities in Sultanate: Khor Kuwai`
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Correspondence concerning the selling of Royal Navy property following the decision to evacuate the naval base at Khor Kuwai. The papers cover the offer of the property to the Sultanate of Muscat and the discussion of prices and particulars. The correspondence is between: the Senior Naval Officer...
File 11/32 IV Palestinian Arab Students as teachers for Muscat Govt.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the recruitment of Palestinian teachers in Lebanon to work for the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is between the Political Agency in Muscat, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, the Po...
The file concerns Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers cover: correspondence concerning the Post Office boundary; sketch plans of sites; the disposal and sale of buildings (the 'Old Political Bungalow' and the 'Inspection Bungalow') to the Government of Muscat and Oman; well; co...
FILE NO. 15/3 SULEIMAN AL BARUNI AND HIS RELATIVES
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to Suleiman al Baruni and his relatives. The discussion in the file concerns: The nationality of al-Baruni who was from Libya and implications for his admission to Oman His membership of the Ibadhi sect and...
The volume contains accounts, and correspondence received by Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul-General and the East India Company’s Agent in Egypt at Alexandria, dated 5 February 1838-30 June 1869. The papers relate to events in Egypt and the Red Sea, and include: Tabulated schedul...
The volume contains accounts, and correspondence received by Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Campbell, HM Consul-General and the East India Company’s Agent in Egypt at Alexandria, dated 1 January 1838-31 December 1869. The papers relate to events in Egypt and the Red Sea, and include: Tabulated sche...
