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1. IOR/R/15/2/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/235
Title:
File 6/13 'K. B. Abd al-Latif ibn Abd al-Jalil'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence sent by the Political Agency at Bahrain to J G Ballie, Vice-Consul at Bushire [Bushehr], regarding Khan Bahadur Abdul Latif bin Abdul Jalil [Khān Bahādur ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Jalīl], former Director of Customs at Kuwait. The letters mention why the forme...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1933-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/3

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/3
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file contains letters that cover a wide variety of subjects. This includes diplomatic correspondence, general political administration, court statements and petitions, as well as trade reports and some general commercial matters. The majority of the file consists of correspondence between th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Gujarati
Date Range:
1 May 1869-1 Dec 1869
Extent:
1 file (487 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/5

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/5
Title:
Slave Trade Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Aug 1872-14 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 file (448 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/6

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/6
Title:
Miscellaneous Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains a partial translation of a text entitled 'Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of Oman' from a MS Arabic work entitled the 'Keshf-ul-Ghummeh' of the Shaikh Sarhan bin Sa`id bin Sarhan bin Mohammed el-`Alawi a native of Oman. The translation and introductory notes are by Major Edward Charl...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1872
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/8

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/8
Title:
Political Affairs of Muscat and Oman
Scope & Content:
The papers in these volumes contain correspondence on political affairs in Oman, especially British financial support for the Sultan Turkee bin Sa'id during a rebellion against his authority by various tribes. Other topics discussed in the papers include Sayyid `Abd al-Aziz's property in Zanzibar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1874-1 Aug 1876
Extent:
3 volumes (549 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/9

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/9
Title:
Miscellaneous Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that consist primarily of political correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf with the Political Agent in Muscat. Of note is a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles on the Bereymi [Buraymī] Oasis. The papers also discuss ongoing politi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1876-22 Dec 1876
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/10

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/10
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains two primary types of correspondence. The first is letters between the British Political Agent in Muscat, Lieutenant Colonel Edward Charles Ross and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire. The file also contains correspondence between the British Politica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1877-1 Apr 1879
Extent:
1 file (205 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/11

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/11
Title:
Miscellaneous Political Correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to a number of political, logistical and economic topics, listed on the front cover of the file, and divided into sections accordingly. These include a memorandum on geographical knowledge of Oman by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles from May 1879; Fujaira...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1878-26 Nov 1879
Extent:
1 file (103 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/6/14

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/14
Title:
'Political Diary of Political Agency'
Scope & Content:
This file is a chronicle of political events in Oman submitted by the Political Resident in Muscat to the Political Resident in Bushire at fortnightly intervals. The contents of the fortnightly reports vary widely, but are recorded for their significance or relevance to the political situation in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 May 1881-28 Dec 1889
Extent:
1 file (350 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/6/16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/16
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of exchanges to do with events and personalities in or around Gwadur [Gwadar] on the Makran Coast of Baluchistan. The file includes a list of important personalities in Oman, and the 1882 administration report and trade returns. The end of the file consists of an extensive bio...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1 Aug 1882-1 Dec 1884
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)