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21. IOR/R/15/6/143-144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/143-144
Title:
File 6: Zanzibar
Scope & Content:
The Zanzibar files of the Political Agency, Muscat concern political affairs linking the Sultanate of Zanzibar with the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The main themes are political intrigues and unrest designed to bring about the deposition of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his replacement w...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880-1905
Extent:
2 files (162 folios)

22. IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/470 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 23: Agriculture
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Agriculture' contains one file relating to the effort to control locust infestations in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1948
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

23. IOR/R/15/6/84, 107

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/84, 107
Title:
APPENDIX F
Scope & Content:
Map of Masira Island [Masirah Island xx Jazīrat Maşīrah], Oman. The map highlights the petrol stores, and the RAF and BOAC buildings which have been constructed at Ras Hilf. It also highlights the alighting area and Um Ras village at Um Rasas. The map is prepared by G S Cooper, Civil Engineer, ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 map

24. IOR/R/15/6/399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/399
Title:
File 11/53 Naval Periodical Summary
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of the 'Naval Periodical Summary - Persian Gulf' that was compiled by the Royal Navy Staff Officer (Intelligence) in the Persian Gulf. These summaries contain details of the movement of ships and individuals ('personalities') around the region's numerous ports. In addit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1947-Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

25. IOR/R/15/6/144

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/144
Title:
File 6/1 ZANZIBAR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns two items of correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The first is an anonymous letter to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (in Arabic, with English translation), dated 14 February 1901, concerning Hilal bin Amr, former Vizier to the Sultan of Zanzibar. The letter warns the Sultan tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Mar 1901-28 Feb 1905
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

26. IOR/R/15/6/471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/471
Title:
'War Censorship'
Scope & Content:
This volume pertains to the wartime censorship of communication to and from Muscat during the Second World War. In particular, the volume's papers contain instructions from the Government of India to the Political Agency in Muscat on the precise parameters of wartime censorship in multiple langua...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Aug 1939-8 May 1942
Extent:
1 volume (256 folios)

27. IOR/R/15/6/384, f 139 1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/384, f 139 1
Title:
Mattra
Scope & Content:
A black and white aerial photograph of Mattra [Muttrah] with a landing ground, the track to Mattra and the road to Muscat marked in pen.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1939
Extent:
1 photograph

28. IOR/R/15/6/470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/470
Title:
File 23/3 III Anti-locust campaign
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to an anti-locust campaign in Oman in 1945. The papers contain letters, telegrams, and reports by a number of agencies that were largely coordinated from the Political Agency in Muscat. These include the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, as well as Indian, Egyptian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Jan 1945-29 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (258 folios)

29. IOR/R/15/6/75, f 21

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/75, f 21
Title:
GWADAR AERODROME
Scope & Content:
A sketch showing the siting of Gwadar landing ground. The sketch is part of a letter (f 20) sent by Charles Clark Mylles, Assistant Manager at the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 drawing

30. IOR/R/15/6/384, f 139 2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/384, f 139 2
Title:
Muscat
Scope & Content:
A black and white aerial photograph of Muscat with the following marked on it in pen: The Sultan's Palace RAF Rest House and wireless station British Political Agency The Portuguese Fort The road to Mattra [Muttrah] from Muscat Mattra (in the background of the photograph).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1939
Extent:
1 photograph