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281. IOR/R/15/6/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/202
Title:
File 8/16 III Director-General of Customs, Muscat.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Mohammad Abu Rashid, currently employed as Director-General of Customs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence records that Rashid was appointed on deputation from Customs House, Calcutta, and that, prior to partition, while still in Muscat, he had opted for ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1948-1 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

282. IOR/R/15/6/207

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/207
Title:
File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Oct 1938-4 Nov 1940
Extent:
1 file (16 folios)

283. IOR/R/15/6/210

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/210
Title:
File 8/22 Muscat State Affairs. Khasab: Sheikh Hassan Shihuh
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-2 Jan 1940
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

284. IOR/R/15/6/244

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/244
Title:
File 8/62 III PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES of OMAN.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman. The bulk of the file consists of an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' (ff 9-33), which provides written summaries of each of the main tribes and table...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Jul 1950-20 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

285. IOR/R/15/6/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/314
Title:
File 9/19 Naval & Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a Persian claim to a ten mile limit to their territorial waters. The papers cover the discussion of what action should be taken in response. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the British Legation i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1934-16 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

286. IOR/R/15/6/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/348
Title:
File 11/15 Captain Eccles' Report on the Interior of Oman
Scope & Content:
This file contains a report compiled by Captain George J Eccles commandant at the Muscat Infantry on the interior of Oman in November and December of 1926. The file contains a detailed description of the expedition let by Eccles and included geologists and members of the National History Society....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1926-10 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

287. IOR/R/15/6/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/390
Title:
File 11/40 Sa'udi Arabian Negotiations with H.M. Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London and HM Minister in Jedda [Jeddah] regarding negotiations between the governments of Britain and Saudi Arabia. These negotiations related to a number of different issues including ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1935-23 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

288. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

289. IOR/R/15/6/451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/451
Title:
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME I Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Reports of the sinking The investigation into the cause of the sinking and list of casualties Organisation of a guard o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1943-27 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

290. IOR/R/15/6/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/103
Title:
‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1933-19 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)