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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003 Name Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1822-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2952

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2952
Title:
Coll 20/2 'Administration: Question of abdication of Sultan; Succession and Subsidies; Question of abrogation of treaties with USA and France'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, and draft correspondence related to the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal of Muscat [Taymūr bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in 1932. The early correspondence concerns efforts ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
7 Oct 1930-26 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (375 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2956

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2956
Title:
Coll 20/4 'Muscat: Levy Corps: Policy in regard to: Functions etc.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes relating to the Muscat Levy Corps. The papers cover a period of financial difficulty for the state of Muscat during which efforts were made to save money and the purpose of the Levy Corps was scrutinized. Matters discussed in the correspondence include ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1930-7 Jun 1935
Extent:
1 file (55 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2967

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2967
Title:
Coll 20/14(2) 'Muscat: Sultan's tour to Europe, USA and United Kingdom: Question of conferment of KCIE'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minutes concerning the appointment of the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], as Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE). The early correspondence - principally between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Exte...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1937-19 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2975

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2975
Title:
Coll 20/18 'Muscat: Oil: Muscat Commercial Concession'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence pertaining to the commercial oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, signed in June 1937. The correspondence is principally between the two involved parties, the Ira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1934-25 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (425 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2976

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2976
Title:
Coll 20/18(2) 'Muscat: Oil: Political Agreement and Exchange of Notes'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and minutes regarding the political agreement connected to the oil concession agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). Due to disagreement over the Sultan's obligations to British companies and the British Government when it ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Aug 1937-10 Jan 1944
Extent:
1 file (274 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2997

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2997
Title:
Coll 20/37 'Muscat: French connections under Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to French relations with Muscat. Included in the file: correspondence between Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India concerning French requests to communicate with the Sultan of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1932-21 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3001
Title:
Coll 20/41 'Muscat: Prohibition of Import of Intoxicating liquors into Muscat'
Scope & Content:
A letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (forwarded from the Foreign Office), Bahrain to Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, June 1948. The letter gives details of a prohibition on the import of liquor into Oman recently announced by the Sultan of Muscat. A translation of the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1952
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)