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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, 1861-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003
Title:
Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat sub-series concerns British policy in Muscat, Oman, and the Muscat territory of Gwadar. It largely consists of copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence between the India Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
54 files (7768 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/C57

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C57
Title:
'Oman. Map of and Reports on by Major Ross'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of the following: memorandum on tribal divisions in the Principality of Oman to accompany table of tribes, by Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent at Muscat (folios 2-3); table entitled 'Principal Tribes of Oman', signed by Ross (folio 4). The table is divided between t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:

1 volume (7 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/658
Title:
Ext 6705/41(2) 'Locusts'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters, telegrams, drafts, extracts, and notes concerning efforts to control locust outbreaks in India, Iran, and parts of the Middle East. Included within the file: Monthly reports on locust outbreaks from the Political Agent, Muscat, sent to the Imperial Agricultural Resear...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1946-27 Feb 1948
Extent:
1 file (107 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/10/423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/423
Title:
File 4487/1913 'Orders in Council: Muscat 1915'
Scope & Content:
Papers regarding the drafting and implementation of the Maskat [Muscat] Order in Council of 1915, and subsequent additional regulations. Papers dated 1913-1915 comprise correspondence between the India Office Political Department, the Foreign Office, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913-1930
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 533-537

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 533-537
Title:
Affairs in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Governmentof India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 290 of 1869, dated 9September 1869, containing a copy of a letter from the Political Agent, Muscat, dated 26 June 1869. The letter detailshow the Muscat Government have promised to investigate repor...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1869
Extent:
1 item (5 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 851-876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/263, ff 851-876
Title:
Affairs in Muscat
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to theSecretary of State for India, No. 23 of 1869, dated 16 November 1869,containing enclosures dated 9 October-14 November 1869. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relatingto an incident in which HM Gun Boat Clyde was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Nov 1869
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/5/479, ff 84-146

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/479, ff 84-146
Title:
Muscat Affairs
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 69 of 1853, dated 28 November 1853. The enclosures are numbered 3-5 and are dated 13 September to 3 October 1853. The enclosures includ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Nov 1853
Extent:
1 item (162 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B466

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B466
Title:
Dhofar [oil concession agreement]
Scope & Content:
This document relates to the Dhofar oil concession agreed between the Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, and Petroleum Concessions Limited. The agreement was signed by the Sultan; Ralph Ponsonby Watts, Political Agent and H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1937
Extent:

1 file (12 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 861-864

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 861-864
Title:
Attack on Bunder Abbass
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 120 of 1870, dated 24 June 1870, containing enclosures dated 2 March-8 June 1870. The enclosures consist of copies of correspondence relating to the aftermath of an attack on Bunder Abbass [Band...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1870
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 312-319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/264, ff 312-319
Title:
Instructions for the Political Agent, Muscat
Scope & Content:
Despatch from the Foreign Department, Government of India, to the Secretary of State for India, No. 10 of 1870, dated 1 February 1870, containing enclosures dated 24 December 1869-24 January 1870. The enclosures contain a memorandum from the Government of Bombay recommending that instructions ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1870
Extent:
1 item (8 folios)