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161. IOR/R/15/6/156

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/156
Title:
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Government Affairs, Etc. & Miscellaneous Papers re. Persians
Scope & Content:
This file contains two items of correspondence that were sent from the British Legation in Tehran to a number of British diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. One relates to the resignation of the Persian Government in September 1933, the other to Iranian ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Sep 1933-10 Aug 1935
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

162. IOR/R/15/6/333

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/333
Title:
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. (2) Impounding of British passports by local Customs.’
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1938-7 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

163. IOR/R/15/6/91

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/91
Title:
‘File 2/15 ANNEX PETROL DUMP & LANDING GROUND AT MASIRAH.’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence between Royal Air Force commanders and the Political Agent at Muscat regarding: the deposit of petrol containers; the delivery of three keys to the petrol station at Masirah Island; and the repair to the petrol store at Umm Rasas, in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 May 1937-29 Oct 1937
Extent:
1 file (13 folios)

164. IOR/R/15/6/93

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/93
Title:
‘File 2/15- Vol. 3. Oil. CHARTER FLIGHTS. (Masirah & Salalah refuelling).’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the subject of the refuelling of civil and foreign aircraft at the Salalah and Masirah airfields. The correspondence also discusses the proposed appointment of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company as an agent for the supply of fuel, and the Muscat and Oman G...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1948-24 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

165. IOR/R/15/6/145

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/145
Title:
File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah]. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency and the Br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Dec 1908-6 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

166. IOR/R/15/6/160

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/160
Title:
File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning reports of Iranian Government customs vessels 'interfering' with a number of vessels from Oman and Kuwait. In addition to correspondence that discusses these specific instances, the file also contains correspondence regarding...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1936-9 Oct 1948
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

167. IOR/R/15/6/247

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/247
Title:
File 8/64 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: NA'IM TRIBE
Scope & Content:
This file consists of brief notes on the branch of the Na'im [Āl Na'īm] tribe based in Beraymee ['Al Buraymī, Oman]. The typewritten notes appear to have been compiled during the 1930s. They consist of excerpts from 19th century British correspondence and memoranda, covering the period 1845-1881,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

168. IOR/R/15/6/346

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/346
Title:
File 11/3 Diaries and reports: Capt O'Connor's report on Oman
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a Military Report on Oman by Captain R L O'Connor, and a letter from the Deputy Director, Military intelligence in New Delhi to the Political Agent at Muscat, enclosing copies of O'Connor's reports on the routes from Muscat to Sohar and Muscat to Sur.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1930-26 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

169. IOR/R/15/6/376

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/376
Title:
File 11/27 Assistance to Political Officers in the Persian Gulf (Defence)
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of a memorandum from the Persian Gulf Residency in Bahrain to the Political Agencies in Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait concerning the circumstances in which Royal Navy ships could be called upon to render assistance to political officers in the Persian Gulf (folios 2-3). Als...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jan 1948-7 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

170. IOR/R/15/6/406

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/406
Title:
File 12/1 IV CABLE & WIRELESS LTD.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operations of Cable and Wireless Limited at Muscat. The papers include: correspondence between the Company and the Political Agent, Muscat, concerning the installation of air-conditioning in quarters occupied by the Company's staff; statistics of average monthly cable traf...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1951-2 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)