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1. IOR/R/15/1/452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/452
Title:
'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
Scope & Content:
Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/573

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/573
Title:
File 61/11 X (D 170) Nejd-Hejaz Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of telegrams, letters, and reports relating to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the correspondence is between the British Legation in Jeddah, the Political Residency in Bushire, the Political Agencies in Bahrain and Kuwait, the India Office and the Foreign Office in Londo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1942-26 Jun 1945
Extent:
1 volume (270 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/588

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/588
Title:
File 61/14 XII (D 59) Relations Between Nejd and Iraq
Scope & Content:
The volume contains letters, telegrams, reports and memoranda relating to affairs between Najd, Iraq, and Kuwait. The majority of the correspondence is between Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Kuwait, Cyril Barrett, the Political Resident in Bushire, the Political Agency in Bahrain, Hubert...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1929-31 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 volume (264 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/920

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/920
Title:
File No. 1/8 CENTRE OF ARAB STUDIES - JERUSALEM
Scope & Content:
The file discusses the Centre for Arabic Studies at Jerusalem which was set up by Colonel Bertram Thomas to give students (primarily those from the Army and RAF) a years grounding in the Arabic language and in Arab culture. Included in the file are a report from Tom Hickinbotham, Political Age...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1944-4 Jun 1946
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/933

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/933
Title:
File 4/12 (1.a/52) Publicity Officer, Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This correspondence file discusses the suitability of Bertram Thomas for appointment as Publicity Officer in the Persian Gulf, as recommended by the Political Resident and endorsed by the Government of India. The correspondence comprises: one secret letter and five confidential telegrams (refere...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Jan 1941-18 Feb 1941
Extent:
1 file (11 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/57-58

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/57-58
Title:
'File XXXV Administrative Reforms in Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series file XXXV Administrative Reforms in Muscat consists of one file, XXXV/3 and one volume, XXXV/5. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the appointment of Financial Advisors to Muscat State: Bertram Thomas between 1925 and 1930, and Stuart Edwin Hedgcock between...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1924-1931
Extent:
2 files (430 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/86
Title:
File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad’s request for information to be obtained from Muscat regarding the possible establishment of a subsidiary air route from Iraq to India via the Arabian side of the Gulf. The required information wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1926-22 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)