This sub-sub-series consists of files that contain correspondence and reports related to a number of journeys made in and around Oman by both British Government officials and private explorers. It also contains details of a number of planned journeys that did not eventually take place.
File XXIII/1 Travels in Oman, Travels in Oman, 1901-1908
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This file contains correspondence regarding a number of trips made in Oman, primarily by Percy Zachariah Cox the Political Agent in Muscat. It includes correspondence with the Survey of India Department, the Government of India and the Political Residency in Bushire. In addition to this correspo...
File XXIII/5 Travels in Oman. Intending Travellers (1911 to 1922)
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This file contains correspondence between British officials related to two topics: A request made in 1911 by the Danish Legation in London (on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society) for the British Government to support a proposed Danish expedition to Oman and Hadhramaut in Yemen. The ...
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
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This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
File XXV/2 Arabian Affairs (including Iraq). Qatar and al Hassa (Bin Saud)
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning the seizure of al-Hasa from Ottoman control by Bin Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and his growth in power along the littoral. The impact of this development upon relations between Bin Saud and the...
The Arabian Politics sub-sub-series consists of files containing correspondence and reports related to political developments in Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula, with an emphasis on the British Government's relationship with the Ruler of Nejd, Ibn Saud (‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal...
File XXV/3 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Arab Revolt in the Hejaz against the Turks, 1916
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This file contains correspondence and reports related to the British Government's response to the announcement of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (folios 2-14) and to political-military developments in the Hejaz between 1924 and 1926, notably the conquest of Jeddah and the fal...
File XXV/6 Arabian Affairs (including Mesopotamia). Mesopotamian Affairs 1920
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This file contains correspondence (both letters and telegrams) between British officials in Mesopotamia [Iraq] and the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses political and military updates concerning Britain's military occupation of the country and local armed resistance to it....
File XXV/7 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Bin Saud, Akhwan, the Hejaz, 1920-1928
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This volume contains correspondence and several documents concerning a number of topics related to the Arabian Peninsula as follows: 'Note on the Khurma Dispute by Captain Garland with Sketch Map (with Appendix Dated 10th June 1919)' (folios 5-10) 'Notes on the "AKHWAN" Movement' by Harold Richa...
