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91. IOR/R/15/5/382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/382
Title:
Handbook of Asir
Scope & Content:
The volume, marked 'For Official Use Only', is a first edition Handbook of Asir, prepared by Captain K Cornwallis of the Arab Bureau, Cairo, and printed by the Government Press, Cairo, 1 June 1916. The volume opens with a prefatory note on compilation and sources and is then divided into sevent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:

1 volume (93 folios)

92. IOR/R/15/6/86

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/86
Title:
File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence related to the Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad’s request for information to be obtained from Muscat regarding the possible establishment of a subsidiary air route from Iraq to India via the Arabian side of the Gulf. The required information wa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Dec 1926-22 Dec 1931
Extent:
1 volume (233 folios)

93. IOR/R/15/6/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/126
Title:
File 3/8 Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Muscat, concerning the transliteration of personal and place names in India and the Persian Gulf. The papers were compiled in response to requests from the Government of India for standardisation in the translation of vernacular names. The paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Mar 1903-10 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)

94. IOR/R/15/6/204

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/204
Title:
File 8/20: MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RISE OF OMANIS
Scope & Content:
This file relates to British policy in Muscat and Oman. It contains extensive correspondence and memoranda from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, mainly addressed to the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, which discusses the rivalry betwe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 May 1917-10 Oct 1920
Extent:
1 file (316 folios)

95. IOR/R/15/6/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/205
Title:
File 8/21 II SUR
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to measures taken by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with the assistance of the British Government) to assert its authority over the town of Sur and the nearby village of Aiqa [Al ‘Ayjah]. The correspondence largely concerns customs control and the tense relations betwee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 May 1931-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 volume (253 folios)

96. IOR/R/15/6/241

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/241
Title:
File 8/62 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a list, sent by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, showing the names of the current shaikhs of the principal tribes of Oman. The list, which contains the names of around seventy individuals, is followed by an extensive in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1927
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

97. IOR/R/15/6/242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/242
Title:
'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the shaikhs of the Omani tribes. Much of the correspondence discusses the Sultan's ambition to secure the allegiance of the Omani shaikhs and consolidate his authority in the interior of Oman. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1938-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

98. IOR/R/15/6/244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/244
Title:
File 8/62 III PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES of OMAN.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and table...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1950-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

99. IOR/R/15/6/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/245
Title:
File 8/62 IV PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1950-25 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (137 folios)

100. IOR/R/15/6/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/250
Title:
'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.'
Scope & Content:
This file covers internal politics in and around the Sultanate of Muscat Oman. Much of the correspondence concerns the extent of control (or lack thereof) exercised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the Omani interior. Related matters of discussion include the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1950-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)