File XXXIV/3 PROLONGATION of COMMERCIAL TREATY. 1919-1931
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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, reports and notes between British officials in Muscat, Bushire, and New Delhi and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891. The original Treaty was signed between the British Go...
The sub-sub-series file XXXIV/3 Prolongation of Commercial Treaty consists of one volume; this is XXXIV/3. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891. The renewal of the Treaty was upon the request of the Sultan of Muscat and ...
File XXXV/3 Administrative Reforms in Muscat. Appointment of a British Financial Minister to Muscat State (Mr. Bertram S. Thomas) 1924 to 1928
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters regarding the appointment of Mr Bertram Sidney Thomas as Financial Minister to Muscat State. Before starting his new position at Muscat in April 1925, Thomas worked as an Assistant British Representative to the Palestine Admin...
The sub-sub-series file XXXV Administrative Reforms in Muscat consists of one file, XXXV/3 and one volume, XXXV/5. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the appointment of Financial Advisors to Muscat State: Bertram Thomas between 1925 and 1930, and Stuart Edwin Hedgcock between...
File XXXV/5 VOL. I. APPOINTMENT OF NEW BRITISH FINANCIAL ADVISER. April 1930- Oct: 1931
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, reports and letters regarding the appointment of a new Financial Advisor to Muscat State instead of Bertram Thomas whose contract ended in 1930. Among the names suggested by the High Commissioner in Baghdad was Stuart Edwin Hedgcock who ...
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters regarding the question of the relative rank of Royal Navy Commanders and Foreign Consuls in the Gulf for special occasions such as Durbars, processions and other public ceremonies under the direct control of the Government o...
The sub-sub-series file XXXVI Ceremonials, Honours and Rewards consists of one volume: XXXVI/1. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is regarding the question of the relative rank of Royal Navy Commanders and Foreign Consuls in the Gulf for special occasions such as Durbars, processions and...
File XXXVIII/1 Sur and the Amirs of Ja‘alan. Sur Affairs 1918 to 1925
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The file contains extracts from work diaries, letters and reports related to tribal disturbances in Oman, mainly in Sur and Ja'alan [Ja'lan]. Rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali claimed the right to rule over Sur and to pay no custo...
File XXXVIII Sur and Amirs of Ja'lan consists of two files (XXXVIII/1 and XXXVIII/2) and four volumes (XXXVIII/3, XXXVIII/4, XXXVIII/5 vol I, and XXXVIII/5). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is mainly related to the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali rebelling against the Su...
‘File XXXVIII/3 SUR AFFAIRS. SUR & THE AMIRS OF JA‘ALAN. 1927 to oct: 1928.’
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The volume starts with an index (ff 4-8) which lists the subjects of the correspondence in the volume. The correspondence in the volume is in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the internal affairs taking place at Sur and the involvement of various tribes in those affairs, mai...
