‘File XXXVIII/4 BOMBARDMENT of SUR. OCT:- NOV: 1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to events taking place at Sur and the involvement of various Omani tribes, mainly the Bani Bu Ali and the Janabah. The events at Sur include: attacks made on merchants and caravans; the besieging of forts; t...
The volume contains letters and reports related to tribal disturbances at Sur. The correspondence is mainly concerned with the issue of the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and claiming the following rights: to rule over Sur, to pay n...
‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of con...
‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs. Proposal for a Muscat Levy Corps Scheme and Estimates.’
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The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters, and reports related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The proposed Levy is to be commanded, armed, paid and equipped through British or Indian officers. The primary object for the p...
The sub-sub-series ‘File XXXVIII/9 Muscat State Affairs’ consists of one file, XXXVIII/9. The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to the British Government’s proposal for the creation of a Levy Corps at Muscat. The correspondence includes copies of proclamations issued by the Sultan...
File 42/8 II Miscellaneous (a) Consecration of grant of land for Christian Cemetery (b) [Memorial from British Indian inhabitants of Muscat concerning hardships under Muscat Order in Council of 4.11.1867]
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This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, regarding two subjects: A petition presented to the Government of Bombay by a group of British Indian merchants in Muscat requesting a revision to the ...
The Miscellaneous sub-sub-series consists of two files that contain correspondence regarding a number of issues, notably the allocation of a piece of land in Muscat for use as a Christian cemetery and this cemetery's subsequent consecration.
File 42/8 II Miscellaneous. Consecration and grant of land for Christian Cemetery
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat and British officials elsewhere in the region concerning the following topics: A visit to Muscat made by the Right Reverend Bishop Lefroy in order to consecrate the Christian cemetery in Muscat (f...
V/2 GWADUR. 1) STATUS, & ORIGIN OF SULTAN'S JURISDICTION. 2) RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES. Sept. 1885- Jan 1907
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The volume contains an index (f 4), telegrams, letters, and reports related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. The British Government raised concerns related to the act...
The sub-sub-series ‘File XVII/2 Gwadar’ consists of one volume, XVII/2. The correspondence in the sub-sub-series is related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. Among th...
