Sketch Map of the Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This sketch map is one of four almost identical maps (see the preceding three folios); 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. As with the previous two maps, the place names are in ty...
Sketch Map of the North-Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows the north-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, indicating boundaries, settlements and wadis (ravines or valleys which become watercourses during the rainy season). Scale not given.
Sketch Map of the North-Eastern Part of the Arabian Peninsula
Scope & Content:
This sketch map shows the north-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula, indicating boundaries, settlements and wadis (ravines or valleys which become watercourses during the rainy season). Scale not given.
File 8/3 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR/KALAT RELATIONS – SALE OF GWADUR
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This file mainly concerns the status of Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. The main subject of discussion is the possibility of Kalat State seeking to purchase Gwadur from the Sultan of Muscat, or even using force to take control of the territory. Related matters of discussion include the followi...
File [VIIIB/2] MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: Zanzibar Subsidy and Arms Subsidy
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This volume concerns two subsidies paid by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are referred to in the correspondence as the Zanzibar subsidy and the arms traffic subsidy. The latter subsidy is referred to as initially having been granted to Sultan Faisal bin Turki [Fa...
This file concerns arrangements for payments of the Zanzibar subsidy by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments, refunds, and receipts. Also discussed are details relating to a War Subsidy, to be paid from 1 May 1940 onwa...
This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of ...
This file contains a small amount of correspondence concerning a request made through the Persian Gulf Political Residency in Bahrain by the Secretary to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf for a brief list of dutiable goods and customs regulations for Persian Gulf ports. The request is...
File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES
Scope & Content:
This file relates to taxes in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the payment (or non-payment) of certain taxes by British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat's request that the Sultan of Muscat and Oman make th...
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
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This file concerns zakat revenue from date cultivation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It discusses the findings of a recent assessment of the Sultanate's date producing districts, which was undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban...
