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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Muscat Political Agency and Consulate, 1861-1971

11. IOR/L/PS/12/4122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4122
Title:
Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1947-14 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/1/215

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/215
Title:
‘File 5/188 I, 189 I Expenses incurred as a result of slaves taking refuge in consulates and agencies; manumission of slaves and general treatment of slave trade cases’
Scope & Content:
The first part of the volume contains correspondence to and from the Political Residency between 1912 and 1927, relating to the costs of providing refuge to slaves seeking manumission, incurred by the Persian Gulf Political Agencies and Consulates. Letters between the Treasury of the Government ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Mar 1910-9 Jun 1939
Extent:

One volume (149 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/1/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/217
Title:
‘File 5/190 III Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains thirty-nine manumission subjects, each one involving the manumission request of one or more slaves, who had sought refuge at the Political Agency in Muscat (then under the charge of Major G. Murphy). Each manumission case follows a very similar pattern. Murphy sent a copy of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1929-32 Dec 1932
Extent:

One volume (353 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/1/218

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/218
Title:
File 5/190 IV Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to thirty-eight manumission cases, heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. All cases involve slaves who had absconded from the Trucial Coast, or slavery related incidents on the Trucial Coast. All cases were therefore referred to the Residency Agent a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1933-30 Nov 1935
Extent:

1 volume (301 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/1/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/219
Title:
File 5/190 V Manumission of slaves at Muscat: individual cases
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to slave manumission cases heard at the Political Agency in Muscat. The majority of the manumission cases featured in the volume are straightforward, with correspondence following a regular pattern. The Political Agent at Muscat (Major Watts for most ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1935-29 Jan 1939
Extent:
1 volume (453 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/1/302

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/302
Title:
File 18/66 (B Series 18/10) Annual Reports on the Working of the Mascat Order in Council 1915
Scope & Content:
Annual Reports of the Political Agency and Consulate, Muscat (later Political Agency, Muscat), on the working of the Muscat Order in Council, 1915, for the years 1916-1947 inclusive. The reports provide lists of officers appointed as Political Agent for the period in question, statistical informa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1917-11 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (93 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/1/557

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/557
Title:
'File 61/6 (D 33) Volume III Bin Sa'ud and Akhwan Movement etc., Shereef (King Hussain) of Mecca (Hedjaz), Murder of Bin Rashid'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, memoranda, reports, and intelligence reports concerning Ibn Sa'ud and Najd affairs. The bulk of the correspondence is between: Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Bahrain; Arnold Wilson, the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad; Ibn Sa'ud; King Hussein of t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1920-25 Sep 1920
Extent:
1 volume (369 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/1/568

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/568
Title:
File 61/11 V (D 95) Hejaz - Nejd, Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Hejaz and Najd. Much of the correspondence is from the British Legation in Jeddah, with regular reports on the situation in that region sent to Sir John Simon, the Foreign Secretary in London. The rest of the correspondence...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
12 May 1932-28 Dec 1933
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/1/569

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/569
Title:
File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains two original files bound together. The first file (folios 1A-207) has the original reference 61/11 VI (D 102) and covers the period 7 November 1933 to 30 August 1934 and relates to Hejaz-Najd affairs. The second file (folios 208-243) has the original reference 61/6 VII (D 95)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1931-30 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 volume (259 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/1/570

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/570
Title:
File 61/11 VII (D 122) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memoranda relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Foreign Office in London, the Political Residencies in Bushire and Aden, the Political Agencies in Bahrain, Kuwait, and Muscat,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1934-30 Apr 1936
Extent:
1 volume (223 folios)