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241. IOR/R/15/6/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/128
Title:
File 4/2 CORONATION OF H.M. KING GEORGE VI
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an invitation to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] (and other Persian Gulf rulers) to attend the coronation of King George VI (on 12 May 1937). The papers include: correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1937-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

242. IOR/R/15/6/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/185
Title:
File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the boundaries of Muscat, in the context of anticipated negotiations between the British Government and King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], regarding the eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Reference is made to the 'blue line', which was laid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-12 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

243. IOR/R/15/6/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/191
Title:
File 8/9 II Muscat State Affairs – Customs Tariff
Scope & Content:
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning a request made through the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain by the Secretary to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf for a brief list of dutiable goods and customs regulations for Persian Gulf ports. The request is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1949-9 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

244. IOR/R/15/6/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/193
Title:
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns zakat revenue from date cultivation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It discusses the findings of a recent assessment of the Sultanate's date producing districts, which was undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1932-26 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

245. IOR/R/15/6/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/202
Title:
File 8/16 III Director-General of Customs, Muscat.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Mohammad Abu Rashid, currently employed as Director-General of Customs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence records that Rashid was appointed on deputation from Customs House, Calcutta, and that, prior to partition, while still in Muscat, he had opted for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1948-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

246. IOR/R/15/6/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/207
Title:
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
Scope & Content:
This file relates to two separate subjects. The first is the reported murder of Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Rawaf, a Saudi Arabian subject, by Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur, which was recently undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Tom Hickinbotham. The corre...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-4 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

247. IOR/R/15/6/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/210
Title:
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
Scope & Content:
This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-2 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

248. IOR/R/15/6/244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/244
Title:
File 8/62 III PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES of OMAN.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and table...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1950-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

249. IOR/R/15/6/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/314
Title:
File 9/19 Naval & Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a Persian claim to a ten mile limit to their territorial waters. The papers cover the discussion of what action should be taken in response. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the British Legation i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1934-16 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

250. IOR/R/15/6/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/348
Title:
File 11/15 Captain Eccles' Report on the Interior of Oman
Scope & Content:
This file contains a report compiled by Captain George J Eccles commandant at the Muscat Infantry on the interior of Oman in November and December of 1926. The file contains a detailed description of the expedition let by Eccles and included geologists and members of the National History Society....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1926-10 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)