Genre/Subject Matter: This black and white photograph shows Muscat Town. Inscriptions: To the left of the image, in pen: ‘1. Sultan’s Palace’, ‘2. R.A.F. Rest House & W.T. [Wireless Telegraph] Station’, ‘3. British Political Agency’, and ‘4. Old Portuguese Forts, now manned by Local Polic...
Coll 30/215 'Pay of Interpreters in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India concerning a request by the Resident to upgrade the pay of certain First Interpreters in the Vernacular cadre of the Persian Gulf Residency: namely, those at Muscat, Kuwait, and Khorra...
This file consists of two telegrams between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and HM Chungking regarding the movements of Mackenzie Stevens.
The file contains a letter from John Frederick Gennings (Commissioner of Labour, Government of Bombay) to Frank Richard Cowell (Foreign Office) regarding enquiries made by foreign correspondent Andrew Roth regarding British Indian relations. The correspondence refers to an article written by Roth...
Blueprint map showing proposed oil concession area to be granted by Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL). The map states: 'Enlarged in Land Department. Government of Bahrain'. The map is referred to in a lett...
Blueprint map showing proposed oil concession area to be granted by Shaikh Sir Hamad bin Isa Alkhalifah [Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah], Ruler of Bahrain, to the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO). The map states: 'Enlarged in Land Department. Government of Bahrain'. The map is referred to in a le...
Coll 20/16(2) 'Muscat: Diaries, News and Intelligence Summaries'
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly intelligence summaries sent by the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and distributed from there to various other British and Indian Government offices. The reports cover various subjects, each given their own sub-heading, such as British interes...
Newspaper cuttings and extracts from numerous newspapers, reporting on events in Persia [Iran] in late 1944, and relating to the Soviet Union’s efforts to pressurise the Iranian Government into giving it an oil concession in northern Iran. The articles, the majority of which were published in ne...
Coll 30/118 'Gypsum deposits in the Persian Gulf.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the potential commercial exploitation by British firms of deposits of gypsum in the Persian Gulf. Gypsum was used as a cementing material and for the manufacture of plaster board. The main deposits were along the coast of Iran (referred to throughout as Persia), but the substan...
Printed volume containing details and rules of posting in Iraq. Key chapters in the volume cover: Inland post Foreign post Foreign parcel post Money orders Official post articles Railway post letters Telegraphs. There are some loose folios in an envelope, placed at the back of the volume. These...