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41. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

42. IOR/R/15/6/35

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/35
Title:
File XXV/11 Arabian Affairs. Relations of British Government with Bin Saud
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a memorandum entitled 'Relations with Ibn Sa'ud' that was written by Arnold Wilson, Chief Political Officer in Charge of the Iraq Section of the Foreign Office's Arab Bureau (folios 3-7). The memorandum contains a detailed description of the development of relations ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1917-1 Mar 1917
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

43. IOR/R/15/6/62

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/62
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/3 SUR AFFAIRS. SUR & THE AMIRS OF JA‘ALAN. 1927 to oct: 1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume starts with an index (ff 4-8) which lists the subjects of the correspondence in the volume. The correspondence in the volume is in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the internal affairs taking place at Sur and the involvement of various tribes in those affairs, mai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1927-10 Oct 1928
Extent:
1 volume (308 folios)

44. IOR/R/15/6/31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/31
Title:
File XXV/2 Arabian Affairs (including Iraq). Qatar and al Hassa (Bin Saud)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the seizure of al-Hasa from Ottoman control by Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his growth in power along the littoral. The impact of this development upon relations between Bin Saud and the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 May 1913-1 Sep 1914
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

45. IOR/R/15/6/34

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/34
Title:
File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows: 'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10) 'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jul 1919-1 Mar 1928
Extent:

1 volume (239 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/6/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/63
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/4 BOMBARDMENT of SUR. OCT:- NOV: 1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to events taking place at Sur and the involvement of various Omani tribes, mainly the Bani Bu Ali and the Janabah. The events at Sur include: attacks made on merchants and caravans; the besieging of forts; t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1928-21 Nov 1928
Extent:

1 volume (176 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/6/64

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/64
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/5 VOL I. SUR Nov: 1928- Feb: 1931’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters and reports related to tribal disturbances at Sur. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the issue of the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and claiming the following rights: to rule over Sur, to pay n...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Gujarati
Date Range:
14 Jun 1928-11 Apr 1931
Extent:
1 volume (340 folios)

48. IOR/R/15/6/58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/58
Title:
File XXXV/5 VOL. I. APPOINTMENT OF NEW BRITISH FINANCIAL ADVISER. April 1930- Oct: 1931
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports and letters regarding the appointment of a new Financial Advisor to Muscat State instead of Bertram Thomas whose contract ended in 1930. Among the names suggested by the High Commissioner in Baghdad was Stuart Edwin Hedgcock who ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1928-24 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (306 folios)