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037-000242557 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary of State for India, United Kingdom, 1858-1935

1. IOR/R/15/6/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414
Title:
File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf.' Included i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

2. 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)

3. IOR/R/15/6/423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/423
Title:
File 14/1 Oil: concessions in Muscat
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Correspondence with officials of Petroleum Concessions Discussions with Major Frank Holmes about visit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 May 1933-4 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (216 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/205
Title:
File 8/21 II SUR
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to measures taken by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with the assistance of the British Government) to assert its authority over the town of Sur and the nearby village of Aiqa [Al ‘Ayjah]. The correspondence largely concerns customs control and the tense relations betwee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1931-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/252

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/252
Title:
File 8/65 COMMERCIAL TREATY 1891. MUSCAT ORDER-IN-Council. 1915
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Britain and Muscat (spellings vary throughout), which was signed on 19 March 1891 and ratified on 20 February 1892. The volume features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
4 Sep 1890-16 Aug 1915
Extent:
1 volume (101 folios)