File 4/6 FORMAL CALLS BETWEEN COMMANDERS OF H.M. SHIPS, SHAIKHS OF BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, QATAR AND TRUCIAL COAST.
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The file contains a copy of a circular issued by the Political Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire, setting out rules agreed between the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, on procedure to be followed by Commanders of HM ships when paying ...
File 4/6 Formal calls between Commanders of H.M. Ships, Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait, Qatar and Trucial Coast.
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The file concerns all aspects of ceremonial at the Political Agency, Muscat, particularly in terms of relations between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The papers include: Government of India regulations concerning the cost of firing salutes, 1938; rules governing ceremonia...
File 4/15 (i) Demise of His most gracious majesty king George V. (ii) Accession of His majesty king Edward VIII. (iii) Accession of His majesty king George VI
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The file concerns the response in Muscat and Oman to the following events: the death of King George V (on 20 January 1936); the accession of King Edward VIII (also on 20 January 1936); and the accession of King George VI (on 11 December 1936). The file also concerns the Coronation of King George...
The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh, as on folio 2. The file consists of a single letter, from Major Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Muscat, to the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,...
The Establishment files of the Political Agency, Muscat provide general information about the composition of the Agency's staff during the period in question, including comprehensive Annual Returns of staff for the period 1933-47 (IOR/R/15/6/138-139). IOR/R/15/6/137 concerns proposals for the ap...
The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the sub...
File 5/6 PROPOSAL TO APPOINT A BRITISH AGENT AT SALALAH
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The file concerns proposals for the appointment of a British Agent at Salalah, the capital of the province of Dhofar in Muscat and Oman. The proposed appointment was considered necessary because of the prospective inauguration of an air route along the southern coast of Arabia, and because the S...
The file contains Annual Returns of the Establishment of the Political Agency and HBM's Consulate, Muscat, as at 1 April 1933-1 April 1935, inclusive, with related correspondence from the Political Residency, Bushire, and the office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi. The re...
The file contains Annual Returns of the Establishment of the Political Agency, Muscat, and the British Agency, Gwadur [Gwadar] as at 1 April 1936-1 April 1947, inclusive, with associated correspondence from the Political Residency, Bushire, and the office of the Accountant General, Central Reven...
The file contains the following Foreign Office memoranda (with covering circulars) concerning revised foreign allowances: (1) Mission Fund and Consular Customs Rebate, March 1947; (2) Variability of the New Foreign Allowances, May 1947.
