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032-000538283 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Place Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, Asia

1. IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003
Title:
Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat sub-series concerns British policy in Muscat, Oman, and the Muscat territory of Gwadar. It largely consists of copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence between the India Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
54 files (7768 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/20/FO31

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/20/FO31
Title:
ARABIA. 1905.
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of published copies of correspondence between the Foreign Office, the India Office, the Government of India, the Admiralty, British administrative and diplomatic staff, foreign governments and their staff, and private companies and individuals. It was printed for use by the F...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
1 volume (294 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 618-630
Title:
Muscat and Persian Gulf Affairs
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosures to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 20 December 1871. The Enclosures consist of intelligence reports from Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; and the Agent at Shiraz, a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Sep 1871-23 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (13 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/18/B461

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B461
Title:
MEMORANDUM (a) The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. (b) His Highness Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur.
Scope & Content:
The file consists of a memorandum in two parts. The first part provides information about the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in eight sections, entitled, 'Territory', 'Historical', 'Physical Features', 'Climate', 'Population', 'Products and Trade', 'Religion' and 'Government'. The second part descr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:

5 folios

5. IOR/L/PS/10/1276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1276
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘MUSCAT: FUTURE POLICY IN. Tariffs.’
Scope & Content:
This volume contains papers relating to British policy in Muscat. It includes some papers regarding the situation at Sur; however most of the volume concerns the financial situation of the Muscat state, mainly the proposal to increase state revenues by removing the limitation on the power of the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
25 Aug 1928-17 Mar 1932
Extent:

1 volume (489 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/6/739, ff 4-7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/739, ff 4-7
Title:
Muscat: Settlement of matters and revival of trade
Scope & Content:
The item is a collection to Bombay Political Despatch No. 1 of January 1868, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of Bombay, Political Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of Bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1867-Jan 1868
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/6/547 PT 5, Coll 37/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/6/547 PT 5, Coll 37/18
Title:
Papers Regarding the Persian Gulf, Vol 18 – Further Papers Regarding the Negotiations between Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly and the Wahabee Envoy
Scope & Content:
This item is a collection to India Political Despatch No. 37 of 28 February 1867, from the Secretary of State for India to the Government of India Foreign Department (the Political Despatch itself is not included in this item). The collection consists of papers forwarded with the Government of B...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1866-28 Feb 1867
Extent:

1 item (42 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/18/B470A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B470A
Title:
['Pre-Emption'] Agreement... between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom... and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with a 'pre-emption' agreement between the British Government and Petroleum Development (Oman and Dhofar) Limited, which relates to the commercial agreement obtained by the petroleum company for drilling for oil in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the district of Dhofar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Sep 1938
Extent:

1 file (2 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/1277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/1277
Title:
File 4640/1928 Pt 4 ‘Muscat: Future policy in. Tariffs. (April 1932- )’
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to proposed increases in the rates of import duty charged by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes papers concerning: The decision of the British Government that, instead of seeking to amend the Commercial Treaty of 1891 between Muscat and the United ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
4 Apr 1932-27 Nov 1940
Extent:

1 file (402 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3838

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3838
Title:
Coll 30/110(4) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concession: Muscat Oil Concession. Hinterland Exploration & Survey.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns geological and geophysical surveys for oil and other minerals in the hinterland of Muscat and Oman (especially Dhofar Province, also referred to as Dhufar) and the Trucial Coast (especially Sharjah) undertaken by the substantially British-owned Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-22 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (336 folios)