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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/1-1442 Name Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970

1. IOR/L/PS/12/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/53
Title:
PZ 2855/1932 'Southern Arabia: Enquiry from Mr F.B. Lacy regarding possible presence of mineral deposits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding the enquiry of F B Lacy relating to the possible presence of mineral deposits in Dhufar and Ubar in Southern Arabia, and the possibility of obtaining permission to prospect in the area from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, with a view to a potential minin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1932-30 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/110
Title:
PZ 3191/34 'Persian Gulf Viceroy's passage by Imperial Airways from Karachi to UK'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the ceremonial visits made by the Viceroy of India to Bahrain, Kuwait and Sharjah in the summer of 1934, where he landed by aeroplane, on route from Karachi to England by Imperial Airways Ltd, for a period of home leave. The file contains reports by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1934-15 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/260

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/260
Title:
PZ 6253/1938 'Shipwreck of a party of Muscat Arabs - Qn. of recovery of expenses incurred by Govt. of Italian Somaliland'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning: the shipwreck on the coast of Italian Somaliland, on 20 March 1938, of a group of Muscat Arabs on board the dhow [sailing vessel] ‘Galib’, bound for Zanzibar and the Tanganyika Territory; and the reimbursement of the expenses incurred by the Governmen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Sep 1938-17 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (54 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/267

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/267
Title:
PZ 7971/1938 'Portugal - Exhibition in 1939-40. Portugal desires to borrow from Muscat certain exhibits.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the celebrations to be held in Portugal in 1939 and 1940 of the eighth centenary of the foundation of the Portuguese Nation and the third centenary of the re-establishment of Portuguese independence. It mainly consists of copies sent to the India Of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1 Dec 1938-15 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (53 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/273

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/273
Title:
PZ 8450/38 'Italian Exhibition at Rome (1942). Invitation to Sultan of Muscat to participate'
Scope & Content:
The file consists of correspondence regarding an invitation to participate in an International Exhibition at Rome in 1942, issued by the Italian Legation at Baghdad to the Government of the Sultan of Muscat. Correspondents include: the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1938-16 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/458
Title:
PZ 236/41 'Disturbances on the Trucial Coast.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from Major Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat, to Lieutenant Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, which is forwarded to the Secretary of State for India. The correspondence relates that, on the pretext that...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jan 1941-9 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/521

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/521
Title:
Ext 3078/41 'Muscat Mission in Iraq.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of a telegram sent to the Foreign Office by HM Ambassador to the United States, regarding a message sent by the Sultan of Muscat to the Head of the Muscat Mission in Bagdad [Baghdad] instructing him to approach the United States Legation for travelling expenses to return ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 May 1941
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/847

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/847
Title:
Ext 4226/43 ‘Compensation to Arabic Shaikhdoms for Losses by Enemy Action (Sinking of S.S. Dhafu); Sinking of dhows belonging to KOWEIT, QATAR, MUSCAT (Grounding of "Star of Mex")’
Scope & Content:
The file contains policy papers discussing whether the British Government should pay out compensation for dhows lost by the Persian Gulf States as a result of enemy action. The file also discusses whether compensation should be paid to coolies killed as a result of the sinking of the Norwegian v...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1943-21 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/897

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/897
Title:
Ext 453/44 'Gift from Lord Linlithgow to Sultan of Muscat'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a copy of a letter from Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, sending thanks to Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, for the gift of a stud bull. The file also contains correspondence forwarding the letter to Lord Linlithgow via the Political Resident in the Persian Gu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1943-10 Feb 1944
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/906

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/906
Title:
Ext 1078/44 'United States Minister, Baghdad: Tour of Arab Coast of Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding a tour of the Arabian coast by Loy W Henderson, United States Minister to Iraq, and his interactions with the Political Agents at Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat, and with Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. As well as Mr Henderson, the primary corres...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Mar 1944-17 Jul 1944
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)