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File 8/85 I MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BRITISH ADVISER FOR MUSCAT (ALSO FINANCIAL ADVISER)
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This file concerns efforts by the British authorities to recruit a British adviser for Muscat, on behalf of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The file begins with details of a request from the Sultan to appoint an officer (preferably British) as Minister for Foreign A...
File 8/85 II MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR MUSCAT.
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Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/276), this file concerns the appointment of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Muscat. The correspondence mainly concerns travel expenses for the newly appointed Basil Woods Ballard's journey from London to Muscat, via Bahrain. Also discussed is...
File 8/85 III Muscat State Affairs. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. for MUSCAT.
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This file concerns travel arrangements for a trip to Salalah by the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Basil Woods Ballard. Also discussed briefly towards the end of the correspondence are Woods Ballard's forthcoming summer recess and leave, and arrangements for handlin...
This file concerns Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Woods Ballard and his position as the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs. The correspondence mainly discusses the possibility of Woods Ballard being considered for a position as Financial Adviser in the Government of Kuwait. ...
File 8/88 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: INSTALLATION OF AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE SYSTEM IN MUSCAT.
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This file relates to plans for the installation of an automatic telephone system in Muscat. It concerns reports that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] is considering introducing a telephone system (consisting of around 80-100 connections) to the towns of Muscat and Mat...
File 8/90 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
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This file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fish...
File 8/90 II ECONOMIC, Agricultural & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
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This file relates to the agricultural and industrial development of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The first half of the file concerns a report on the land resources of the province of Dhofar (also spelled as Dhufar), produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden. A copy of ...
Photograph of Pradhan Singh, State Engineer, with Ibrahim Muhammad, Naqib of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's Retinue, at the Jirziz spring head, Dhofar. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by...
Photograph of Khor El Beled [Khawr al Balid], a fresh water creek in the province Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Dir...
Photograph of the mountain stream of Dahaq [Dahaq Thū‘ārī], in Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agricultur...
