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037-000242557 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Name Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, c 1922-c 1948

1. IOR/R/15/6/263

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/263
Title:
File 8/66 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT-PERSO TREATIES.
Scope & Content:
This file relates both to a proposed Anglo-Persian treaty and to previous agreements between Muscat and Persia. The first half of the file concerns a non-aggression clause in a proposed treaty between Britain and Persia. In the clause the two parties agree to respect one another's territorial ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1930-27 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/192

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/192
Title:
File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES
Scope & Content:
This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
31 Jul 1939-8 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/235
Title:
File 8/54 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: AFFAIRS OF MEMBERS OF RULING FAMILY
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the financial affairs of the ruling family of Muscat. The correspondence mainly concerns British objections to an arrangement by which the Muscat State acts as a debt collecting agency on behalf of creditors against members of the ruling family. The system reportedly encoura...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1930-3 Jul 1934
Extent:
1 file (28 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/15/6/219

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/219
Title:
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA & HIS RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file concerns disputes between the two ruling shaikhs at Dibba and their relations with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The two shaikhs are described as follows: the Shihuh Shaikh, a subject of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and the Qasimi Shaikh (also transliterated as Jowasimi in the file)...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
19 May 1932-18 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)