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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) IOR/R Name Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1910-1972

1. IOR/R/15/1/378-381

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/378-381
Title:
File 22 Gwadar
Scope & Content:
The files cover general affairs in Gwadar, particularly oil exploration, 1914; the dispute concerning jurisdiction over the area between the Sultan of Muscat and the Khan of Kalat, 1920s; frontier demarcation; trade and administrative reports; papers relating to outbreaks of communal violence be...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1947
Extent:
4 files and volumes (377 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/438
Title:
Education of Saiyid Said, son of H.H. the Sultan of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence on the education of Saiyd Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], son of the Sultan of Muscat, Taimur bin Faisal. Letters discuss his education at Mayo College, Ajmer in a school for the sons of Indian rulers. The Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr ibn Fayṣal] wished him to attend a sc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1926-31 Jul 1928
Extent:
1 volume (45 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/447
Title:
Muscat succession
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the succession to Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat, in the event of his sudden demise. Said bin Taimur felt that no member of the Royal Family met the two criteria required for his succesor: to hold the same views as his own about the State's close ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1940-24 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/6/196

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/196
Title:
File 8/14 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT STATE FINANCES & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat and Oman and forwarded to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Jan 1939-7 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (246 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/214

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/214
Title:
File 8/27 III 1). H.H. THE SULTAN. 2. SULTAN's VISIT TO INDIA AND EUROPE.
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to proposed and planned visits by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to Japan, the United States, Europe (i.e. England, France, Germany and Italy), and India. Related matters of discussion include the following: the Sultan's correspondence with fore...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1938-16 Apr 1941
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/466
Title:
File 19/3 H.D.M. Launches (For Sultan)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the purchase of a number of launches [large motor boats] from the Royal Indian Navy by the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. Some of the correspondence also concerns the purchase of guns to be mounted on these boats. The primary corresp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1945-28 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)