File 8/50 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID ALI BIN FAISAL
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This file concerns complaints made by Sayyid Ali bin Faisal [Sayyid ‘Alī bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], son of the late Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and younger brother of the current Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘īd], about Bertram Thomas's conduct as Financial...
This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of th...
This file concerns Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Woods Ballard and his position as the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs. The correspondence mainly discusses the possibility of Woods Ballard being considered for a position as Financial Adviser in the Government of Kuwait. ...
‘File 7/1 II Land purchased by H.M.G. at (a) Muharraq. (b) Qudhaibiyah. (c) Jufair for R.A.F. (d) Royal Navy’
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The volume, which is a continuation of ‘File 7/1 I RAF and naval bases in Bahrain’ (IOR/R/15/2/260) comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the acquisition in 1934 of land at Manama and Muharraq by the British Government, for air and naval facilities. The principal correspondents i...
File 4/15 (i) Demise of His most gracious majesty king George V. (ii) Accession of His majesty king Edward VIII. (iii) Accession of His majesty king George VI
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The file concerns the response in Muscat and Oman to the following events: the death of King George V (on 20 January 1936); the accession of King Edward VIII (also on 20 January 1936); and the accession of King George VI (on 11 December 1936). The file also concerns the Coronation of King George...
The file contains letters received by Major Samuel Hennell, British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, from Arthur Malet, Secretary (later Chief Secretary) to the Government of Bombay in the Political Department, Bombay Castle and written between January and December 1847. Arthur ...
A collection of letters written and received by Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, in 1850. Other correspondents include Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Acting Political Agent in Turkish Arabia, and Arthur Malet, Chief Secretary to the Government at Bombay. The topics covered in th...
The volumes consist of original correspondence sent to and copies of letters sent from the Bushire Residency; the principal correspondents being Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, followed by Captain James Felix Jones as Resident in the Persian Gulf at the time, the Assistant Resident in Charge, H...
Vol 201 1855/56 Persia: correspondence with Tehran; Squadron; General
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This file contains copies of official correspondence divided up into three sections as follows: 1) 1855/56 Residency, Persian Gulf, Persia (folios 1b-50): This section contains copies of correspondence regarding affairs in Persia between Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Political Resident in the Persi...
File 13/276 I & II (B 61 & 67) Locust Campaign Arab Side
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This file consists of several telegrams and a letter relating to the proposal and planning of locust reconnaissance trips in southern Arabia, as part of a wider Middle East Supply Centre (MESC) effort to prevent food shortages caused by locust swarms in the region. The correspondence is between ...
