File 8/76 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT INFANTRY ON DEPUTATION ETC: FROM THE INDIAN ARMY
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Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/267), this file relates to VCOs (Viceroy's Commissioned Officers) who have served on deputation with the Muscat Infantry. The correspondence concerns administrative matters such as pay and rank. Most of the correspondence relates to Subedar Allah ...
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/268), this file mainly concerns the deputation of Pakistan Army officers with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levy Corps). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the possibility of extending the deputati...
This file relates to the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levies), and the possibility of reducing the number of military guards that it provides in Muscat. The correspondence, which is mainly between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persi...
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/270A), this file primarily concerns the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levies). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: a proposal from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for his Agency to dispense with ...
Following on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/270B), this file relates to the Muscat Infantry. The correspondence is primarily concerned with appointments in the Muscat Infantry of officers on deputation from the Pakistan Army. The file is largely formed of correspondence between the Political...
File 8/78 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENDITION OF GWADUR TO KALAT.
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This file concerns British policy regarding the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan; it is written as Gwadar in some of the correspondence]. The correspondence includes the following: Discussion in 1913-1914 as to whether the Government of India should consider the cession (the correspo...
File 8/78 II Sale of Gwadur to His Majesty's Government
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This file concerns the question of whether the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] would be willing to sell or lease the territory of Gwadur [Gwadar] to the Government of Pakistan, with the British Government acting as an intermediary. The correspondence, which is conducted ...
File 8/82 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR IMPROVEMENTS.
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This file relates to the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan; it is written as Gwadar in some of the correspondence]. The file begins with discussion of a proposal from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to devote the whole of his Gwadur revenue to the improv...
This file consists of a letter from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat to the Foreign Office, which was forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The letter reports on the Political Agent's recent visit to the Muscat territory of Gwadur [Gwadar]. It includes details of meeti...
File 8/85 I MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BRITISH ADVISER FOR MUSCAT (ALSO FINANCIAL ADVISER)
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This file concerns efforts by the British authorities to recruit a British adviser for Muscat, on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The file begins with details of a request from the Sultan to appoint an officer (preferably British) as Minister for Foreign A...
