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Container Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R/15/6/183-297

1. IOR/R/15/6/183

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183
Title:
File 8/1 GWADUR-KALAT BOUNDARY 1912-1942
Scope & Content:
This volume is mainly comprised of correspondence relating to the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the state of Kalat. Much of the correspondence discusses longstanding British concerns that the boundary should be officially defined and demarcated before any valuable minera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
8 Feb 1912-2 Jun 1942
Extent:
1 volume (213 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/184

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/184
Title:
File 8/1 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR/KALAT BOUNDARY
Scope & Content:
Following on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/183), this file mainly concerns issues arising in relation to the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the state of Kalat. It features the following principal correspondents: the British Agent, Gwadur; the Political Agent and Cons...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 May 1942-7 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (105 folios)

3. 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)

4. IOR/R/15/6/186

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/186
Title:
File 8/2 Muscat State Affairs: Boundary of Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes four copies of a single page of notes on the boundaries of the Sultanate, dated January 1936 and prepared by the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (ff 3-6), together with four versions of an accompanying sketch m...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1936-28 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/187

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/187
Title:
File 8/3 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR/KALAT RELATIONS – SALE OF GWADUR
Scope & Content:
This file mainly concerns the status of Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. The main subject of discussion is the possibility of Kalat State seeking to purchase Gwadur from the Sultan of Muscat, or even using force to take control of the territory. Related matters of discussion include the followi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Jan 1948-13 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/188

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/188
Title:
File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns two subsidies paid by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are referred to in the correspondence as the Zanzibar subsidy and the arms traffic subsidy. The latter subsidy is referred to as initially having been granted to Sultan Faisal bin Turki [Fa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1921-25 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/189
Title:
FILE 8/8 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ZANZIBAR SUBSIDIES
Scope & Content:
This file concerns arrangements for payments of the Zanzibar subsidy by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments, refunds, and receipts. Also discussed are details relating to a War Subsidy, to be paid from 1 May 1940 onwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-9 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/190
Title:
File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1930-23 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (372 folios)

9. 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)

10. IOR/R/15/6/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/192
Title:
File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES
Scope & Content:
This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-8 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

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