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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Building construction Place Muscat, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/F/4/259/5658

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/259/5658
Title:
‘The sum of 10,000 rupees granted to Captain Seton to enable him to build a House for the Residency at Muscat. The amount of the intended increase to the Resident’s Allowances will be determined by the Bengal Government’
Scope & Content:
The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence, minutes and resolutions cited in, or enclosed with, letters to and from the Government of Bombay. The item relates to the salary and allowances of Captain David Seton, the Resident at Muscat, with particular mention of Seton's request f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1804-20 Feb 1808
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/10/659/2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/659/2
Title:
File 815/1917 Pt 1B 'Persian Gulf: lighting and buoying; Muscat lighthouse'
Scope & Content:
This part is mainly composed of interdepartmental correspondence discussing the rebuilding of and improvements to the lighthouse in Muscat after the First World War. The correspondence notes that the Muscat lighthouse is not properly lit, and that there is a need to improve the pathway up to the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Dec 1917-12 May 1927
Extent:
1 item (87 folios)