This file relates to British policy in Muscat and Oman. It contains extensive correspondence and memoranda from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, mainly addressed to the Deputy Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Civil Commissioner in Baghdad, which discusses the rivalry betwe...
This volume relates to measures taken by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with the assistance of the British Government) to assert its authority over the town of Sur and the nearby village of Aiqa [Al ‘Ayjah]. The correspondence largely concerns customs control and the tense relations betwee...
File 8/21 II MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEPENDENCIES – SUR (OPERATIONS).
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This file follows on from the previous file [IOR/R/15/6/205] in subject matter. It documents actions taken and considered by the Government of Muscat and Oman (with military assistance from the British Government) in order to assert its authority over the coastal town of Sur and the surrounding ...
This map depicts Khor Jarama [Khawr al Jarāmah] and Ras Al Had [Ra’s al Ḩadd] on the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Drawn by Captain Reginald George Evelyn William Alban, Commandant of the Muscat Infantry, the map marks out proposed defensive areas for planned military operations in the...
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
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This file relates to two separate subjects. The first is the reported murder of Abdullah bin Ahmad al-Rawaf, a Saudi Arabian subject, by Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur, which was recently undertaken by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Tom Hickinbotham. The corre...
This file consists of two letters received by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, Major Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy, from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, William Rupert Hay. The longer letter is a copy of a letter from the Political Resident to the Secretary of State for F...
'File 8/22 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: KHASAB – SHAIKH HASSAN SHIHUH'
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This file relates to former occupants of the posts Wali of Khasab and Shaikh of Khasab, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence primarily concerns Shaikh Hasan bin Muhammad, a former Shaikh of Khasab who was sentenced to twenty-two months' imprisonment by the Government of Muscat...
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
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This file relates to a reported act of piracy near Lima [Ra’s Līmā’]. The correspondence describes an incident in which a cargo boat travelling from Karachi was reportedly plundered by a group of armed Baluchi men. The main correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Musca...
'File 8/23 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: POLITICAL SITUATION IN THE INTERIOR – (Dhahirah, Map of Dhahirah, Imam occupies Ibri)'
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This file relates to the political situation in the interior of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, specifically in the area named Dhahirah [Az̧ Z̧āhirah]. The correspondence mainly concerns the response of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to reported incursions by foll...
File 8/27 I '1. H.H. the SULTAN. 2. SULTAN'S VISITS TO INDIA & EUROPE. 1932-1937.
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This volume concerns the affairs and travels of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence includes details of unofficial visits to India by the Sultan during the summer months of 1932, 1934 and 1935, including proposed itineraries and arrangements for the h...
