Search

032-000209245 Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Kings and rulers--Succession

1. IOR/R/15/1/244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/244
Title:
14/85 I CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING SUCCESSION OF CHIEFS OF RAS AL KHAMIA
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning succession at Ras al-Khaima. Correspondence discusses succession disputes and issues of recognition by the British Government. Correspondents include the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Depar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Aug 1900-21 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 volume (71 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/241
Title:
'14/15 I, Succession at Dubai; 14/253 I, notice issued by Shaikh of Dubai'
Scope & Content:
Most of the correspondence concerns succession at Dubai: Letter from Residency Agent Shargah [Sharjah] No. 13, 10 April 1894 informing Resident of death of Shaikh Rashid bin Maktoom [Rashid bin Maktum]. Letter from Maktoom bin Hasher [Maktum bin Hashar] of 12 April 94 informing Resident of his h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Apr 1894-21 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/276

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/276
Title:
ARAB COAST 14/194 Deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and Succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. 1924.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. The Political Resident Persian Gulf brokered an agreement over this succession which included the place of residence for the former ruler and payments. Includes ge...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Nov 1924-5 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (206 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/52
Title:
File XXXIII/11-A Affairs of the Ruling Family Sultan's Abdication Oct. 1919 to Nov. 1929.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the latter’s visit to India and his subsequent proposal to reside there and to abdicate the Sul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1919-10 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/51
Title:
File XXXIII/4 H. H. Saiyid Faisal's proposal to abdicate and take British Protection from Saiyid Taimur 1903.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter sent by the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in which he reports on his interview with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the latter’s proposal to abdicate in favour of his son Saiyid Taimur bin Fai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1903-27 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/54
Title:
'File 23/II-B-Vol II ABDICATION of SULTAN SAIYID TAIMUR & ACCESSION of SAIYID SAID Nov. 1931- Dec. 1932.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports related to the abdication of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īdi and the succession of his son, Sa‘id bin Taymūr in 1932. The correspondence is concerned with the financial difficulty the abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1931-2 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/447

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/447
Title:
Muscat succession
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the succession to Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat, in the event of his sudden demise. Said bin Taimur felt that no member of the Royal Family met the two criteria required for his succesor: to hold the same views as his own about the State's close ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1940-24 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/134
Title:
File 4/15 (i) Demise of His most gracious majesty king George V. (ii) Accession of His majesty king Edward VIII. (iii) Accession of His majesty king George VI
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the response in Muscat and Oman to the following events: the death of King George V (on 20 January 1936); the accession of King Edward VIII (also on 20 January 1936); and the accession of King George VI (on 11 December 1936). The file also concerns the Coronation of King George...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jan 1936-24 Mar 1938
Extent:
1 volume (178 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/1/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/245
Title:
14/86 ATTACK ON AJMAN AND MURDER OF THE CHIEF AND SUCCESSION ETC.
Scope & Content:
This file relates mainly to the issues of succession in Ajman and some other Trucial States. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Under Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department; and Shaikh Sultan bin Salem, Ruler of Ras al Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Jul 1900-16 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/1/446

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/446
Title:
Abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal and accession of Sultan Saiyid Said ibn Taimur
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the abdication of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal]and the accession of his son, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. The file includes a letter in Arabic (folio 97) from Sultan Taimur with a translation in English, giving reasons as to why he cannot return to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Nov 1931-1 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 volume (170 folios)