File [XVIII/10] Drainage of malarial pond; report on `Malaria in Muscat' by Maj Clifford A.Gill (Indian Journal of Medical Research, 1916-17); anti-malaria campaign
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This file contains papers relating to efforts to contain the presence and spread of Malaria in Oman by the Omani government with the aid of the British Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the file's papers are reports on the current state of wells, drainage systems, agricultural ditches and wate...
This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of a number of launches [large motor boats] from the Royal Indian Navy by the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Some of the correspondence also concerns the purchase of guns to be mounted on these boats. The primary corresp...
This file consists of correspondence and related documents concerning the impact of the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 on the Arab Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. The contents of the file are as follows: 'United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, U.S.A July...
File No: 19/3-G Name: Boarding of Star of Mex (by Arabs)
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This file contains correspondence regarding an incident in which an Egyptian-owned merchant vessel named Star of Mexico ran ashore at Ras al Hadd and was reportedly boarded and 'looted' by locals. The correspondence discusses the initial incident and events subsequent to it, including attempts t...
This file contains papers relating to an anti-locust campaign in Oman in 1945. The papers contain letters, telegrams, and reports by a number of agencies that were largely coordinated from the Political Agency in Muscat. These include the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, as well as Indian, Egyptian...
This volume pertains to the wartime censorship of communication to and from Muscat during the Second World War. In particular, the volume's papers contain instructions from the Government of India to the Political Agency in Muscat on the precise parameters of wartime censorship in multiple langua...
This volume contains papers relating to the supply and gifting of arms and ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman during roughly the first half of the Second World War between 1939 and 1942. The papers are primarily receipts and lists of weapons and ammunition requested and subsequently tran...
‘Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Political Residency and Maskat Political Agency for 1904-1905’
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Administration Report on the Persian Gulf Residency and Maskat [Muscat] Political Agency for 1904-1905, published by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India (Calcutta). The report is divided into a number of parts: 1. General Summary, prepared by Major Percy Zachariah Co...
This file contains the testimony of the deposed Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, Sultan bin Salim al-Qassimi over the case of an attempted shooting of the British Political Agent in 1948. The file also contains letters from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman which attempt to intercede on behalf of Shaikh Su...
