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1. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 631-637

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 631-637
Title:
The Makran Dependencies of Muscat and Oman
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871, concerning the Mekran [Makran] dependencies of Muscat: Gwadur [Gwadar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. The papers cover: the view of the Government of Bombay that the Sultan of Muscat, Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘ī...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Oct 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (7 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/10/607/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/607/3
Title:
File 2960/1916 Pt 3 'Exchange compensation allowances to Government servants at Koweit, Muscat, Bahrain, Gwadur, Debai'
Scope & Content:
This part contains: correspondence (and a list of the correspondence) between the India Office and the Government of India, regarding the payment of dollar exchange compensation allowance for Government employees at Bahrain and Koweit [Kuwait], and for postal staff at Dubai, Gwadur [Gwadar] and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1919-18 May 1927
Extent:
1 item (72 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2984
Title:
Coll 20/24 'Muscat: Oil concessions at Gwadar: Negotiations with Burmah Oil Company and Indian Oil Concessions Ltd'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and notes regarding oil exploration rights in Gwadur [Gwadar]. Competition for the oil concession in Gwadur was between Indian Oil Concessions Limited and Burmah Oil Company Limited. The papers concern the negotiations between the two companies and the Sultan ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1937-4 Jan 1945
Extent:
1 file (329 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2985
Title:
Coll 20/25 'Muscat: Kalat-Gwadar Relations'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes, and memoranda relating to relations between Kalat State and Gwadur [Gwadar], the latter being part of the Sultan of Muscat's territory. the Kalat State's request for postal and telegraphic offices to be established at Jiuni [Jīwanī] and for British India Steam Navigation C...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Aug 1936-1 Apr 1948
Extent:
1 file (201 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/3338

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3338
Title:
Coll 25/32 'Order in Council: Muscat: Deportation and Expulsion Orders under Muscat Orders in Council'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to a case of deportation of a British Indian subject from Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers give details of the criminal case proceedings (theft) and the deportation order made under The Muscat Order in Council, 1939.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1939-21 Aug 1939
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/4122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/4122
Title:
Coll 35/16B 'Post and telegraph arrangements at Gwadur'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns arrangements for the opening of a post and telegraph office at Gwadur [Gwadar, Pakistan], operated by Cable and Wireless, and the telegraph lines between Muscat and Gwadur. The file contains correspondence between the Political Agent at Muscat, the Political Resident in the Pe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Aug 1947-14 Oct 1949
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/C68

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C68
Title:
Memorandum by the Rev. G. P. Badger on the Pretensions of Persia in Beloochistan and Mekran, drawn up with especial reference to her Claim to Gwadur and Charbar
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a memorandum by George Percy Badger (scholar and missionary) concerning Persian claims in Beloochistan [Baluchistan] and Mekran [Makran], particularly Gwadel or Gwadur [Gwādar] and Charbar [Chābahār]. It contains the following: a history of Persian encroachments in Beloochi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1863
Extent:

1 file (10 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/18/C159

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/C159
Title:
Memorandum on the Financial Obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to Telegraph Lines in Persia.
Scope & Content:
This memorandum, which is attributed to the Indo-European Telegraph Department, provides details of the financial obligations of the British, Indian and Persian Governments respectively in relation to the following telegraph lines: the line from Gwadur to Jask, the Central Persia line, the Henja...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1916
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/20/C246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/C246
Title:
Précis on slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, 1873-1905 (With a Retrospect into previous history from 1852) By J A Saldanha BA, LL B
Scope & Content:
This volume is a summary of events, treaties and correspondence about the suppression of slavery and the slave trade in the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, curated by Jerome Anthony Saldanha, and printed in Simla in June 1906. The volume is marked as secret and divided into chapters: Measur...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1906
Extent:

1 volume (63 folios)