The sub-sub-series file XXXVI Ceremonials, Honours and Rewards consists of one volume: XXXVI/1. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the question of the relative rank of Royal Navy Commanders and Foreign Consuls in the Gulf for special occasions such as Durbars, processions and...
File XXXVIII/1 Sur and the Amirs of Ja‘alan. Sur Affairs 1918 to 1925
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The file contains extracts from work diaries, letters and reports related to tribal disturbances in Oman, mainly in Sur and Ja'alan [Ja'lan]. Rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali claimed the right to rule over Sur and to pay no custo...
File XXXVIII Sur and Amirs of Ja'lan consists of two files (XXXVIII/1 and XXXVIII/2) and four volumes (XXXVIII/3, XXXVIII/4, XXXVIII/5 vol I, and XXXVIII/5). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is mainly related to the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali rebelling against the Su...
‘File XXXVIII/3 SUR AFFAIRS. SUR & THE AMIRS OF JA‘ALAN. 1927 to oct: 1928.’
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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...
‘File XXXVIII/4 BOMBARDMENT of SUR. OCT:- NOV: 1928.’
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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...
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...
‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’
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The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of con...
‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs. Proposal for a Muscat Levy Corps Scheme and Estimates.’
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The proposed Levy is to be commanded, armed, paid and equipped through British or Indian officers. The primary object for the p...
The sub-sub-series ‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs’ consists of one file, XXXVIII/9. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The correspondence includes copies of proclamations issued by the Sultan...
File 42/8 II Miscellaneous (a) Consecration of grant of land for Christian Cemetery (b) [Memorial from British Indian inhabitants of Muscat concerning hardships under Muscat Order in Council of 4.11.1867]
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This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, regarding two subjects: A petition presented to the Government of Bombay by a group of British Indian merchants in Muscat requesting a revision to the ...
