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037-000242557 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Colonial Office, 1854-1966

1. IOR/R/15/6/313

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/313
Title:
File 9/6 Naval and Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island and Um al Quwain
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers connected to a survey of the area around the Kuria Muria Islands, in connection with the development of the Muscat-Aden air route. The papers cover: the question of control and legal status of the islands; the effort to obtain permission for the survey from the Su...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1936-8 Apr 1947
Extent:
1 file (72 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/322

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/322
Title:
File 9/22 Naval and Shipping: Movements of Other Foreign Warships in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of foreign naval vessels to the Persian Gulf. The papers mostly consist of notices given for such visits, correspondence connected to the effort to obtain permission for such visits and what protocol should be followed, and several reports o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Jun 1936-16 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (115 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/256

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/256
Title:
File 8/65 IV MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The file concerns the replacem...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1938-3 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 file (244 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/281

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/281
Title:
File 8/90 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fish...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1946-31 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/255

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/255
Title:
File 8/65 III RENEWAL of COMMERCIAL TREATY MAY 1938 – Feby. 1939
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the renewal of the 1891 Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. The volume covers the period M...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1938-24 Feb 1939
Extent:
1 volume (260 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/276
Title:
File 8/85 I MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BRITISH ADVISER FOR MUSCAT (ALSO FINANCIAL ADVISER)
Scope & Content:
This file concerns efforts by the British authorities to recruit a British adviser for Muscat, on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The file begins with details of a request from the Sultan to appoint an officer (preferably British) as Minister for Foreign A...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Mar 1945-11 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (237 folios)