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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/391-467 Digitised Content Yes (available) Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. IOR/R/15/1/391

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/391
Title:
File 35/10 Attack on Muscat by Shaikh Salih, 1895
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the attack on Muscat in1895 when Shaikh Abdullah bin Salih took control of the town with the Sultan of Muscat holding Fort Jalali. The correspondence discusses the Political Agent's desire to protect British subjects and property and his inability to order intervention ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1895-22 Jun 1895
Extent:
1 volume (119 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/392

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/392
Title:
File 35/16, 40 Attack on Sohar; Jannabah disturbances at Sur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in this file discusses: The attack on Sohar in 1895 by Sa'ud bin Azzan [Saʻūd bin ʻAzzān]. Includes printed record of correspondence between the Political Resident, Persian Gulf and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; translation of a letter from the Wali of Sohar ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1895-8 Dec 1898
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/393

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/393
Title:
File 35/17 I Attack on Dhufar
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning an attack on Dhofar by the Kathiri tribe. The attack was sparked off by the imprisonment of a tribesman for evading the Sultan's tax on frankincense. Letters discuss the dispatch of an armed force from Muscat to Salalah in dhows, led by Sayyid Saif bin Hamad bin Salim t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1895-26 May 1897
Extent:
1 volume (127 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/394
Title:
File 35/23 Continuation of rebellion by Shaikh Salih; measures adopted for compensating the sufferers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the attack by the tribes of Oman on Muscat in 1895 in which British subjects lost property leading to the insistence by British officials that a tax be levied on dates coming from the rebel areas. Letters discuss the British guarantee to Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jul 1895-23 Feb 1903
Extent:
1 volume (85 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/395
Title:
File 35/30 Expedition by the Sultan against the Beni Ruaheh tribe and His Highness' Request for a Loan from the Government of India
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Oct 1896-24 Jan 1899
Extent:
1 volume (46 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/396

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/396
Title:
File 35/34 I Muskat: Grievances of the Banians about notification issued by the Sultan fixing 19 maund as the weight of a rice bag
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning complaints from Banians about notification issued by Sultan fixing the weight of rice bags in the unit of measurement of weight known as a maund. Correspondence discusses the difference between a Muskat maund and a Bengal maund and issues relating to the sale of rice by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Jul 1897-4 Nov 1897
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/397
Title:
File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches
Scope & Content:
This file consists of correspondence relating to minerals in Oman. The main correspondents are Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent, Muscat; Lieutenant Colonel Charles Arnold Kemball, Political Resident Persian Gulf. Correspondence discusses coal in the Samhan Hills, in Dhofar, report of coal in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jan 1901-31 Jul 1912
Extent:
1 volume (132 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/1/398

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/398
Title:
File 35/64 Mineral deposits in Dhofar
Scope & Content:
The file contains two items. The first is 'A note on the Dhufar Province, Southern Arabia' by Gordon Noel Jackson dated 23rd June, 1943, Kuwait. This typed note is 8 pages and has sections on topography; climate; people; economy and finance; agriculture; administration; airport; security; of sci...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1943
Extent:
1 volume (54 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/399
Title:
File 35/72 Troubles at Rostak created by Sheikh Asya bin Seleh el Harth and Seyyid Saeed bin Ibrahim
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the fort at Rostaq. Correspondence discusses the alternatives for the Sultan to occupy the fort, the protection of British subjects in any armed conflict and the implications for the British policy of non-inteference; tribal politics and activities of Aysa bin Saleh. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1903-20 Apr 1912
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/400
Title:
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
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1891-30 Jan 1899
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)