Map on tracing paper showing the area of Khor Jarama [Khawr al Jarāmah], at Ras Al Hadd, Oman. The map highlights the depth of the water area, and it also highlights the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) petrol store.
This map shows various interpretations of the boundary between Muscat-controlled Gwadar and the state of Kalat. The boundary lines, drawn in ink, crayon and pencil, are accompanied by printed and handwritten notes in the bottom right-hand corner. Also indicated on the map are settlements, landm...
MUSCAT. CONSULATE COMPOUND AND ADJACENT BUILDINGS.
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The plan shows the Muscat Political Agency and Consulate Compound and adjacent buildings, with the premises of Cable and Wireless Limited marked A, B, and C. Proposed additions to the Cable and Wireless premises marked C (existing building and proposed extension) are shown shaded and outlined in...
‘File 2/43 JOINT USE OF AIRFIELDS BY MILITARY & CIVIL AIRCRAFT’
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The file contains correspondence concerning the principles governing the joint use of airfields in the Persian Gulf by military and civil aircrafts. The principles were laid out in an enclosure issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation/Air Ministry Co-ordinating Committee.
[Un-numbered file] Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places
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Unnumbered file: the file is numbered 5308, but clearly belongs in this series. The file concerns a request from the India Office for revisions to the Second List of Names in Arabia (N.E. and S.E.), by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (Royal Geographical So...
File 6/5 Foreign Interests: Appointment of German Consul to Muscat
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This file consists of correspondence between the Political Residency in Bushire and the Political Agency in Muscat regarding a rumour that a German Consul was to be appointed in Muscat.
File 6/8 Foreign Interests: Persian Intrigue in Connection with Gwadar
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This file consists of two letters exchanged between the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire regarding allegations that the British Agent at Gwadur had granted Indian visas to Persian subjects with passports not endorsed by the Persian authorities and issued Certifica...
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding radio broadcasts from the USSR in the Near and Middle East. The correspondence in the file consists of a letter sent by the Foreign Office to a number of British diplomatic officials around the Middle East and responses to i...
File 6/36 Foreign Interests: Iraq Minister's Proposed Visit to Muscat
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials regarding a proposed visit to Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat by the Iraqi politician, Nuri Pasha [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd].
File 6/36 Foreign Interests: Iraq Minister's proposed visit to Muscat
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials regarding a proposed visit to Kuwait, Bahrain and Muscat by the Iraqi politician, Nuri Pasha [Nūrī al-Sa‘īd].