This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence discusses arrangements for the shipping of arms and ammunition supplied by the War Office. Included are details of types of weapons ...
File 9/1 A III Visit of Commander-in-Chief to Muscat
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Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers a visit in early 1950 and a proposed visit in early 1951 which was later cancelled. The papers deal with matters such as notifying the Sultan of Muscat, the programme of ...
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...
File 11/1 III Muscat Administration Reports and related correspondence
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This file consists of correspondence concerning the Annual Muscat Administration Annual Report for the years 1947-48 and contains a copy of the report. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; t...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following main issues: Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions and Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Aviation petrol and oil for exploration parties Employment of American geologists Agreement between HM...
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman: Topics discussed include: Use of airfields by Petroleum Concessions Limited Explorations in Oman by the Iraq Petroleum Company A map of concession are...
File 14/6 EXPLOITATION IN MUSCAT TERRITORY BY GEOLOGISTS
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The file contains correspondence on two matters in 1937 and 1940 respectively: Correspondence (includes copy of original letter in Arabic, folio 3) in 1937 concerns a complaint from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman about the arrival in Buraimi of a relative (Sultan bin Zaid) of the Shaikh of Abu D...
25 File 624 Biographical histories of noteworthy persons; information collected from officials at Muscat, Makran Coast, Gwadar
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The volume contains a collection of biographies of 'noteworthy persons' within the political jurisdiction of the Residency in the Persian Gulf. There is some limited correspondence related to the collection of this information, which includes applications made by Edward Charles Ross, Political R...
File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy
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The volume consists of letters, telegrams, administrative reports, memoranda, and hand-written notes concerning the affairs of Ibn Sa'ud and the Najd. The correspondence is between the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jeddah, the High Commissioner in...
