The Government Property sub-sub-series contains files and volumes that discuss issues concerning buildings, land (including cemeteries) and other property owned by the British Government inside the borders of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The majority of the correspondence in these files i...
File XVII/2 Government Property, Christian Cemeteries
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This file contains correspondence related to the maintenance and condition of the three Christian (or European) cemeteries in Muscat. The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials, but the file also contains correspondence between the Politic...
Plan of Catholic Cemetery Near American Mission in Muscat
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A simple plan that depicts the cemetery's doors, surrounding wall and the location of its graves (with an incomplete list of the names of those buried).
This volume contains correspondence and documents regarding the creation and management of a garden attached to the Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the correspondence in the volume is between officials of the Political Agency in Muscat and various horticultural suppliers and specialists in...
File 17/3 Government Property: Plans of Agency Building
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This file contains correspondence, primarily between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Executive Engineer (Persian Gulf, Bushire), regarding the Political Agency building in Muscat, including its fire precautions and the installation of electric lights and fans. The file also contains blu...
Site Plan Showing Proposed Power House & Various Government Buildings at Muscat to be fitted with Electric Lights & Fans
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A simple street plan of the area of Muscat around the Political Agency building that shows buildings, roads and the sea wall. Buildings that were due to be fitted with electric lights and fans are shaded in pink.
A plan of the ground floor of the Political Agency in Muscat that indicates room functions and stairs. Proposed servant quarters are marked in red crayon.
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction, furnishing and subsequent maintenance and repairs of a 'political bungalow' for the use of British officials to stay in while visiting Gwadur [Gwadar]. A plan of the bungalow produced prior to construction is contained on folio 41. I...
