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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/1/391-467

71. IOR/R/15/1/461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/461
Title:
File 35/152 (A 59) Sur
Scope & Content:
In order to enhance the revenues of the Muscat State there was an attempt to establish a customs post at Aiqa near Sur. Correspondence discusses how the Bani Bu Ali embarrassed the Political Agent, Trenchard Craven Fowle and the President of the Council of State, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Dec 1931-5 May 1932
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

72. IOR/R/15/1/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/462
Title:
35/160 (A 72) Murder of Indian by Shihuh
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the case of a British Indian traveller murdered by the Shihuh [al-Shiḥūḥ] as he was making his way from Karachi to Dubai via Muscat and Dibah [possibly Dibba, at the northern tip of the Arabian Peninsula]. Issues discussed include: The itinerary of the British Indian who...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1936-9 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

73. IOR/R/15/1/463

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/463
Title:
Sultan of Muscat's world tour (1937-1938)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Sultan of Muscat's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] world tour in 1938. The Sultan of Muscat had arranged a world tour including visits to Japan, United States of America and Europe without consulting British officials. As the Sultan was 'an independent sovereign in treaty relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1937-31 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (193 folios)

74. IOR/R/15/1/464

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/464
Title:
1938 Treaties with Muscat
Scope & Content:
Text in Arabic and English of the 1938 Treaty between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman which was concerned with promoting and extending their commercial relations by the conclusion of a new treaty to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

75. IOR/R/15/1/465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/465
Title:
Minting of currency in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman to Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent Muscat, requesting the minting of a new nickel and other sorts of currency at Muscat. Khan Bahadur Ahmed Shubaili, was appointed as an agent on ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1939-15 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

76. IOR/R/15/1/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/466
Title:
Sultan of Muscat's movements
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the movements of the Sultan of Muscat [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr] from 1941 to 1947 including the following trips: A passage to Dhofar from Muscat in October 1941. To India in October 1942 when correspondence discusses how as a sovereign his luggage should not be subject to ins...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Aug 1941-5 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

77. IOR/R/15/1/467

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/467
Title:
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the employment of Saiyid Tarik bin Taimur [Tāriq bin Taymūr], half brother of the Sultan. The correspondence gives an assessment of his character and reports on his activities in Police Training in Quetta and how he adapted to living in Muscat. Includes extracts from M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Aug 1943-28 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)