File 8/1 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR/KALAT BOUNDARY
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Following on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/183), this file mainly concerns issues arising in relation to the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the state of Kalat. It features the following principal correspondents: the British Agent, Gwadur; the Political Agent and Cons...
This sketch map depicts Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, with additional notes below. Marked in pencil are the routes of two roads leading from Gwadur to Pasni and Turbat respectively. Also depicted is the boundary between Gwadur and the state of Kalat. Scale not given.
This map shows various interpretations of the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadar and the state of Kalat. The boundary lines, drawn in ink, crayon and pencil, are accompanied by printed and handwritten notes in the bottom right-hand corner. Also indicated on the map are settlements, landm...
This sketch map is a south-north depiction of Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, with place names and landmarks written in Arabic. Scale not given.
This sketch map is a south-north depiction of Gwadur [Gwadar] and the surrounding area, indicating settlements, landmarks and boundaries. Scale not given.
This file relates to the boundaries of Muscat, in the context of anticipated negotiations between the British Government and King Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd], regarding the eastern frontiers of Saudi Arabia. Reference is made to the 'blue line', which was laid...
This file concerns the boundaries of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It includes four copies of a single page of notes on the boundaries of the Sultanate, dated January 1936 and prepared by the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (ff 3-6), together with four versions of an accompanying sketch m...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
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This sketch map depicts the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, from Ras-al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] in the north-east to Salalah in the south-east, with place names handwritten in ink. A red-dotted line marks an interpretation of the interior boundary of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. Th...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This sketch map is almost identical to the previous map (IOR/R/15/6/186, f 7); it also depicts the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, from Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] in the north-east to Salala [Salalah] in the south-east, although in this case the place names are typewritten. A red-dot...
Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This sketch map is almost identical to the previous map (IOR/R/15/6/186, f 8); it also depicts the eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, from Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] in the north-east to Salala [Salalah] in the south-east, and again the place names are in typescript. A red-dotted line m...
