File 2/15 British Consulate Muscat Masirah and Salalah landing grounds
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The file contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Masirah, Khamis bin Hilal Al-Maj‘ali and Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the objection of some locals to the erection of the Royal Air Force (RAF) store at Masirah Island. The majority of the correspondence in the file is rel...
The file concerns an invitation to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] (and other Persian Gulf rulers) to attend the coronation of King George VI (on 12 May 1937). The papers include: correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieu...
This file relates to the boundaries of Muscat, in the context of anticipated negotiations between the British Government and King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], regarding the eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Reference is made to the 'blue line', which was laid...
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning a request made through the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain by the Secretary to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf for a brief list of dutiable goods and customs regulations for Persian Gulf ports. The request is...
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
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This file concerns zakat revenue from date cultivation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It discusses the findings of a recent assessment of the Sultanate's date producing districts, which was undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban...
File 8/16 III Director-General of Customs, Muscat.
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This file relates to Mohammad Abu Rashid, currently employed as Director-General of Customs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence records that Rashid was appointed on deputation from Customs House, Calcutta, and that, prior to partition, while still in Muscat, he had opted for ...
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
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This file relates to two separate subjects. The first is the reported murder of Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Rawaf, a Saudi Arabian subject, by Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur, which was recently undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Tom Hickinbotham. The corre...
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
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This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and table...
File 9/19 Naval & Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
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Correspondence concerning a Persian claim to a ten mile limit to their territorial waters. The papers cover the discussion of what action should be taken in response. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the British Legation i...
