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1. IOR/R/15/1/238

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/238
Title:
File 13/276 I & II (B 61 & 67) Locust Campaign Arab Side
Scope & Content:
This file consists of several telegrams and a letter relating to the proposal and planning of locust reconnaissance trips in southern Arabia, as part of a wider Middle East Supply Centre (MESC) effort to prevent food shortages caused by locust swarms in the region. The correspondence is between ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1945-4 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/599

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/599
Title:
‘WILFRED THESIGER’
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the movements of Wilfred Thesiger at the end of his second crossing of the Empty Quarter [al-Rub‘ al-Khālī]. Correspondence in the file is between the Political Officer, Sharjah; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Resident, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Muscat; the Re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Mar 1948-27 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1524

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1524
Title:
‘File 16/27 Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous Assistance to Government Officials’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence sent to and from the Political Agency, and dealing with a miscellaneous range of day-to-day matters: arrangements amongst British officials and shipping agents in the Persian Gulf for the delivery, forwarding and receipt of letters, packages, furniture, motor vehicles, and other i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1920-13 Nov 1954
Extent:
1 file (283 folios)

4. 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)

5. IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 23: Agriculture
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Agriculture' contains one file relating to the effort to control locust infestations in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1948
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)