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201. IOR/R/15/6/198

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/198
Title:
File 8/14 III MUSCAT STATE FINANCES.
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a single letter and what appears to be a draft copy of an aide-memoire. The letter, dated 16 May 1950 and addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, discusses the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's response to a request for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

202. IOR/R/15/6/286

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/286
Title:
File 8/94 III ADMINISTRATOR GWADUR
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's former Administrator at Gwadur [Gwadar], Abdur Rahman Qureshi, who was on deputation from Baluchistan from 1946 until 1949. The correspondence covers the settlement of Abdur Rahman's pay, leave salary, and 'transfer travelling allowances' f...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Jul 1949-12 Oct 1950
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

203. IOR/R/15/6/356

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/356
Title:
'File [XI A/14] Political - Muscat Diaries'
Scope & Content:
This file contains the daily political diaries of the Political Agent in Muscat. It includes information categorised under the condition of the country, arrivals and departures of naval and commercial ships, movement of British representatives, missionary enterprises, military and civilian aviati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1934-31 Dec 1935
Extent:
1 file (83 folios)

204. IOR/R/15/6/367

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/367
Title:
File 11/14 Gwadur General: Diary Notes etc.
Scope & Content:
This volume contains the diary entries of the British Agent, Gwadur [Gwadar], in correspondence with the British Agent at Muscat. It contains letters and entries on various subjects but generally cohere around conflicts and violence in Iran's region of Baluchistan and possible repercussions in Gw...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 May 1936-6 Jan 1946
Extent:
1 volume (205 folios)

205. IOR/R/15/6/397

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/397
Title:
File 11/46 Publicity in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between officials at the India Office, the Government of India's External Affairs Department and a number diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. The correspondence discusses British Government propaganda efforts (usually r...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Oct 1944-18 Jan 1948
Extent:
1 file (155 folios)

206. IOR/R/15/6/282, f 57 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/282, f 57 2
Title:
Photograph of Bananas Irrigated from the Hamran Spring
Scope & Content:
Photograph of banana crops irrigated from the Hamran spring [‘Ayn Hamrān, Dhofar, Oman], in the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] garden. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
1 photograph

207. IOR/R/15/6/386, f 175

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/386, f 175
Title:
Radius of Action from Air H.Q. India
Scope & Content:
A sketch map with countries and borders shown ranging from Oman in the west to China in the east. An area shaded in red indicates areas to be included in Air H.Q. India Bombing Target Catalogues (with a potential radius of action taken as 500 miles).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940
Extent:
1 map

208. IOR/R/15/6/87, f 212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/87, f 212
Title:
Landing ground at Sukra Bay
Scope & Content:
Drawing of one of the possible landing grounds at Sukra (also Sauqirah) Bay as it has been described by Air Officer Commanding and the Political Agent, Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:
1 drawing

209. IOR/R/15/6/87, f 213

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/87, f 213
Title:
Landing ground at Sukra Bay
Scope & Content:
Drawing of one of the possible landing grounds at Sukra (also Sauqirah) Bay as it has been described by Air Officer Commanding and the Political Agent, Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1934
Extent:

1 drawing

210. IOR/R/15/6/143

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/143
Title:
File 6/1 REPORTED PLOT TO GET SAIYID TURKI TO ABDICATE AND THEN RE-AMALGAMATE MUSCAT WITH ZANZIBAR IN 1880. SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR'S PRESENTS TO THE SHAIKHS OF OMAN. SUGGESTED COMPLICITY OF ZANZIBAR IN MUSCAT REBELLION OF 1895.
Scope & Content:
The file concerns political matters concerning both Muscat and Oman (also referred to as Muskat and Maskat), and Zanzibar. The papers include: correspondence concerning reported discussions between Seyyid Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his brother, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Apr 1880-28 Nov 1900
Extent:
1 file (158 folios)