This file consists of a single letter, dated 25 February 1939, from Hugh Weightman, Political Agent at Bahrain, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. The letter relays a message received from the Residency Agent at Sharjah, reporting the death of Shaikh Muhammad bin Sultan an...
This file concerns a dispute between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Shaikh Rashid of Ajman [Rāshid bin Ḥumaid Āl Nu‘aymī]. It consists of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, and includes an enclos...
'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.'
Scope & Content:
This file covers internal politics in and around the Sultanate of Muscat Oman. Much of the correspondence concerns the extent of control (or lack thereof) exercised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the Omani interior. Related matters of discussion include the fo...
This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the Omani tribes. It includes accounts of meetings between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Rupert Hay) and the Sultan, discussing the Sultan's efforts ...
File 8/65 COMMERCIAL TREATY 1891. MUSCAT ORDER-IN-Council. 1915
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This volume concerns the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Britain and Muscat (spellings vary throughout), which was signed on 19 March 1891 and ratified on 20 February 1892. The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Residen...
This volume relates to the prolongation of the Commercial Treaty (1891) between Britain and Muscat (various spellings used throughout). The correspondence mostly concerns matters involving the replacement of the treaty, including, at certain points, discussion of proposed amendments and revision...
File 8/65 II PROLONGATION of COMMERCIAL TREATY of 1891
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This volume relates to the prolongation of the Commercial Treaty (1891) between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years and was renewed at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time, and later on an annual basis. The correspondence in t...
File 8/65 III RENEWAL of COMMERCIAL TREATY MAY 1938 – Feby. 1939
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This volume concerns the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The volume covers the period M...
File 8/65 IV MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.
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This file relates to the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The file concerns the replacem...
File 8/65 V MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty of 1891 was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. In 1939 a replacement treaty was signed bet...
