Correspondence concerning a proposal for a lighthouse to be erected at Ras al-Hadd. The proposal is made by Major Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, Political Agent, Muscat, and forwarded to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf by the Political Resident, Bushire.
File 9/7 Shipping, Naval & Marine: Muscat Lighthouse and Leading Light
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Correspondence concerning the maintenance and improvement of the lighthouse and other lighting at Muscat. The papers deal with a number of matters, including: a proposal to charge a levy on all shipping in the Gulf for the use of lighting and buoying; requests for replacement parts for lighting ...
File 9/C-6 Shipping, Naval and Marine: Muscat lighthouse and leading lights
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the maintenance of the lighthouse and leading lights at Muscat. The papers deal with orders for supplies and parts, administration of costs, and reports of lights not burning. The correspondence comes from: the Political Agency, Muscat; the Port Direct...
Correspondence concerning repairs required at Muscat Harbour. The papers consist of numerous reports of lights not working and other needs for repair and replacement. Also included in the file is the proposal to make the Secretary, Persian Gulf Lighting Service, responsible for disseminating nav...
File 9/27 Naval & Shipping: Right of foreign vessels to fly British flag when chartered by British subjects
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Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade concerning what rights foreign vessels chartered by British subjects have to fly the British flag. The correspondence is forwarded to the Political Agency, Muscat, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
File 9/29 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Mail & Steamer Services - Proposal to start Iraqi shipping company
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Correspondence and other papers concerning a plan by Michael Hanna Shaikh of the Hanna Shaikh River Transport Company to form an Iraqi Shipping Company. The correspondence discusses any objections that the British Government might have and includes a letter from an employee of Mackinnon, Mackenz...
File 9/30 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Lighting Service
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Correspondence and other papers relating to the workings of the Persian Gulf Lighting Service. The majority of the file is made up of brief quarterly reports containing information on oil tankers passing through Muscat and any shipping not travelling on to the Shatt al-Arab from Muscat. These re...
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. A. PASSPORTS. (1) Persian passports regulations effecting Muscat subjects.’
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The file contains correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. The file also includes petitions raised by Muscat subjects whose passports were seized by t...
The sub-sub-series covers correspondence related to the Iranian Government’s order known as the Tehran order, on treating people arriving at Persian ports from Bahrain, Muscat, Dubai and Oman as Persian subjects. It also includes correspondence related to the impounding of British subjects’ pass...
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. (2) Impounding of British passports by local Customs.’
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The file contains two copies of a letter by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, the Political Agent, Muscat to Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al Bu Sa‘idi, representative of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the impounding of British subjects’ passports by the Muscat State officials.
