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1. IOR/R/15/6/542-543

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/542-543
Title:
Muscat Agency, Additional Subject Files
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series Additional Subject Files is composed of two files that are unrelated in content but consist of briefings and consultations with the Muscat Political Agency on the movements of wanted or potentially wanted individuals arriving in Muscat from elsewhere in the Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
2 files (30 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/18

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/18
Title:
'Political'
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that discuss the possible annexation of Khor Fakhan, Kalba and Dibba by Oman from June-July 1886, as well as administration report and trade returns from 1885-86. The file also contains a discrete report on weights and measures employed in the pearl trade in the Gulf by ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
20 Jun 1885-4 Jun 1886
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/20
Title:
Political correspondence
Scope & Content:
This file contains the Political Agent in Muscat's fortnightly political reports to the Political Resident in Bushire. The subject matter of the papers varies widely. Significantly, they contain numerous exchanges on the slave trade, and the recognition by the Government of India of Sayyid Faisal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jan 1890-1 Mar 1894
Extent:
1 file (143 folios)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/6/19

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/19
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains reports on the contemplated invasion of Oman by the Ibn Rashid clan of Jabal Shammar by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It also contains discussions on Turkish influence and jurisdiction on the Arab Coast between the Government of India and the Political Resident in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1887-24 May 1889
Extent:
1 file (75 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)