Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India
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The volume is the second edition of Manual of Instructions to Officers of the Political Department of the Government of India, printed by the Government of India Press, Simla, 1924. The volume begins with extracts from the proclamations and speeches of Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and King G...
A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations
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The volume is A Dictionary, Persian, Arabic, and English; with a Dissertation on the Languages, Literature, and Manners of Eastern Nations, by John Richardson, of the Middle Temple and Wadham College, Oxford. Revised and improved by Charles Wilkins. This new edition has been enlarged by Francis ...
Correspondence Relating to Ibn Saud Circulated to Kuwait by Other Gulf Posts
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The file contains correspondence relating to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd, also written as Bin Saud in the file], Amir of Nejd [Emir of Najd], forwarded to the Political Agency, Kuwait, by other British officials in the Gulf region. The correspondence primarily c...
Record keeping in the Muscat Agency seems always to have been chaotic, and it is clear that gaps in the archives are the result more of loss and indiscriminate destruction than of a conscious selection policy. The Political Agent’s Court records have not survived. Much of the arrangement has had ...
This file contains miscellaneous correspondence consisting primarily of letters between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent in Muscat. The subject matter of the correspondence covers a range of subjects, most of them pertaining to the resolution of commercial and le...
This sub-sub series contains reports, political correspondence, and memoranda on the general political affairs of Oman between 1829-98. A significant portion of the papers contains correspondence on rebellions against the authority of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, trade reports, and the foreign ...
This file contains miscellaneous correspondence consisting primarily of letters between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agent in Muscat. The subject matter of the correspondence covers a range of subjects, most of them pertaining to the resolution of commercial and le...
This file contains letters that cover a wide variety of subjects. This includes diplomatic correspondence, general political administration, court statements and petitions, as well as trade reports and some general commercial matters. The majority of the file consists of correspondence between th...
Political Correspondence - Muscat and Oman Affairs
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This file contains letters on a variety of administrative and political matters in Oman. This includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Political Agents in Muscat, the Omani state's finances, a descriptive account of Muscat by Mr Apothecary Gaspar de Rozario, and a Muscat trade repo...
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
