The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to: the visit of Wonckhaus and an application for permission to open a branch in Kuwait; approaches from Wonckhaus about the Baghdad Railway. The principal correspondents in the volume include the followi...
File 13/4 I 'American Mission in Arabia (Includes Acquisition of Land)'
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The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Kuwait, relating to American missionaries in Koweit [Kuwait]. It largely consists of correspondence regarding: the Arabian Mission, Reformed Church in America (or American Dutch Reformed Church Mission in the Persian Gulf, or American Mission), e...
File XXV/3 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Arab Revolt in the Hejaz against the Turks, 1916
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This file contains correspondence and reports related to the British Government's response to the announcement of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (folios 2-14) and to political-military developments in the Hejaz between 1924 and 1926, notably the conquest of Jeddah and the fal...
File XXXIII/12. EDUCATION of SAIYID SAID BIN TAIMUR 1916-1926.
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Simla, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the education of his son Sa‘id bin Taimur, who was born in 10 August 1910. Initially, the Sultan was keen ...
File 8/72 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT LEVIES STRIKE; MUSCAT CUSTOMS STRIKE
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This file concerns actions taken by the Muscat authorities following strikes by members of the Muscat Levies (also referred to as the Muscat Infantry) and the Muscat Customs Department respectively. The Muscat Levies strike – the result of a recent cancellation of rations – occurred in 1942 and ...
File 8/98 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT
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This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], following the conclusion of a Civil Air Agreement between the two parties. The correspondence mainly concerns shipping arrangements for arms and ammuni...
File 9/C-6 Shipping, Naval and Marine: Muscat lighthouse and leading lights
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the maintenance of the lighthouse and leading lights at Muscat. The papers deal with orders for supplies and parts, administration of costs, and reports of lights not burning. The correspondence comes from: the Political Agency, Muscat; the Port Direct...
14/138 Arab Coast: Hostilities Between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi and Um al Kowein over the affairs of the Bani Katb tribe. April 1904 to May 1916
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Correspondence discussing the role of Sheikh Zaid bin Khalifah, Sheikh of Abu Dhabi on the Trucial Coast and the battles and disputes between the Trucial Shaikhs. Also discussed is the agreement, arranged by the Political Resident Persian Gulf which secured the release of the Shaikh of Umm al-Qa...
File 35/84 I A. 5. Muscat Treaty of 1891; lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station
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Correspondence about the lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station. Includes, in English and Arabic, the 'lawful and honourable Bond' of 28th March 1891 whereby Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, pledged never to cede, sell or mortgage an...
File XXVII/1 Al Khalifa family. Recognition of Shaikh Hamad as successor to Sh `Isa. CSI conferred on Shaikh `Isa. CIE conferred on Sh `Abdullah.
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The majority of the file contains correspondence exchanged by the Political Agent at Bahrain between 1914 and 1917 with the Political Resident in the Gulf, the Secretary to the Most Eminent Order of the British Empire, and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Kha...
