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271. IOR/R/15/6/441

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/441
Title:
14/6 OFFSHORE OIL IN PERSIAN GULF
Scope & Content:
This file is comprised of correspondence concerning British and American proposals relating to the continental shelf of the Gulf and offshore oil. The file includes correspondence (ff 11-17) from the British Embassy, Washington to the Foreign Office, London, discussing the issues of sovereignty...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Mar 1948-8 May 1948
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

272. IOR/R/15/6/282, f 59 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/282, f 59 1
Title:
Photograph of the Northern Watershed of Al Qutun
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the northern watershed of Al Qutun [Qaţan], Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The photograph shows vegetation consisting of short grass and wild olive trees. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land re...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
1 photograph

273. IOR/R/15/6/329

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/329
Title:
File 9/27 Naval & Shipping: Right of foreign vessels to fly British flag when chartered by British subjects
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between officials at the Foreign Office and the Board of Trade concerning what rights foreign vessels chartered by British subjects have to fly the British flag. The correspondence is forwarded to the Political Agency, Muscat, by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

274. IOR/R/15/6/270A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/270A
Title:
File 8/77 Muscat Infantry
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levies), and the possibility of reducing the number of military guards that it provides in Muscat. The correspondence, which is mainly between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Jul 1949-5 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

275. IOR/R/15/6/434

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/434
Title:
File 14/2 Gwadar Oil
Scope & Content:
The file comprises four items of correspondence in the period 1939 to 1950 relating to a concession for prospecting for oil in Gwadur (at that time a dependency of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman). Issues discussed include the withdrawal in 1939 of the Burma Oil Company from negotiations with...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1939-17 May 1950
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

276. IOR/R/15/6/90

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/90
Title:
File 2/15 British Consulate Muscat Masirah and Salalah landing grounds
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Shaikh of Masirah, Khamis bin Hilal Al-Maj‘ali and Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding the objection of some locals to the erection of the Royal Air Force (RAF) store at Masirah Island. The majority of the correspondence in the file is rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1932-19 Dec 1939
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

277. IOR/R/15/6/128

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/128
Title:
File 4/2 CORONATION OF H.M. KING GEORGE VI
Scope & Content:
The file concerns an invitation to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd bin Taymūr [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] (and other Persian Gulf rulers) to attend the coronation of King George VI (on 12 May 1937). The papers include: correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1937-13 May 1937
Extent:
1 file (49 folios)

278. IOR/R/15/6/185

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/185
Title:
File 8/2 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: BOUNDARY OF MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Oct 1934-12 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (29 folios)

279. IOR/R/15/6/191

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/191
Title:
File 8/9 II Muscat State Affairs – Customs Tariff
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1949-9 Jul 1949
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

280. IOR/R/15/6/193

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/193
Title:
File 8/11 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ASSESSMENT OF ZAKAT.
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1932-26 Sep 1932
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)