The volume, marked confidential, is Field Notes on Sa'udi Arabia, 1935, prepared by Donald Banks of the Air Ministry, by command of the Air Council. The volume begins with a brief forward (folio 2) in which the geographical scope is outlined. The volume is then divided into nine chapters (I-IX)...
File 8/85 III Muscat State Affairs. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. for MUSCAT.
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This file concerns travel arrangements for a trip to Salalah by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Basil Woods Ballard. Also discussed briefly towards the end of the correspondence are Woods Ballard's forthcoming summer recess and leave, and arrangements for handlin...
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’
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The file contains correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. The file also includes petitions raised by Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by t...
File 11/33 Boundary of Dhofar and limits of political jurisdiction of Muscat and Aden
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This file consists of a Colonial Office letter related to the administration of the Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya] Islands (folios 2-3), a note on Dhufar written by Gordon Noel Jackson, Assistant Political Agent Muscat (folios 4-12), and an India Office letter regarding the boundary between Muscat ...
File 18/8 Sanitation of Muscat proposed drainage of malarial pond behind Muscat
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This file contains a series of short letters from the Political Agent in Muscat eliciting the opinion of the Executive Engineer at the British Residency at Bushire regarding the treatment or drainage of the malarial swamp near Muscat town.
The file contains correspondence relating to the debt recovery claims made in 1933 and 1935 by the Indian merchant Viroomal Vallabdas (also spelt Virumal Valabdas) of Dubai. His claims are against Shaikh Said bin Maktum the Ruler of Dubai [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] and his b...
This file contains the testimony of the deposed Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, Sultan bin Salim al-Qassimi over the case of an attempted shooting of the British Political Agent in 1948. The file also contains letters from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman which attempt to intercede on behalf of Shaikh Su...
Confidential B24 File No. 14/205 Capture by Persian Customs Preventive Service Boat of a Debai Boat off Tamb Island
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Correspondence concerning the seizure by a Persian customs launch of a boat carrying tea and sugar and implications for British prestige on the Arab coast. The file includes a sketch map of Jezirat Tunb [Tumb] (folio 4) and Jezirat Abu Musa (folio 9). Correspondents include the Senior Naval Of...
File 35/30 Expedition by the Sultan against the Beni Ruaheh tribe and His Highness' Request for a Loan from the Government of India
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Correspondence relating to the request by Faisal bin Turki [Fayṣal bin Turkī], Sultan of Muscat for a loan of 40,000 Rupis [Rupees] in order to conduct a campaign against a rebellious tribe, the Beni Ruaheh [Bani Ruwāhah]. It contains a statement of the Sultan's financial position including the ...
Naval & Marine 3/2 Warrant Officers & Ratings - Reported sick on H.M.S. Ships - General Correspondence
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The file contains telegrams and correspondence between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency at Bushire, the Director of the Royal Indian Marine at Bombay and the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain, regarding medical treatments for naval staff.
