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9311. IOR/R/15/2/1823

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1823
Title:
‘Bahrain Church File (correspondence with Bishop in Jerusalem)’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the establishment of, and raising of funds for the construction of, an Anglican church in Manama, Bahrain. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Geoffrey Prior); the Bishop of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Oct 1943-23 Jul 1947
Extent:
1 file (57 folios)

9312. IOR/R/15/5/63

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/63
Title:
XXII/8 Baghdad Railway
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include: the visit of engineers to survey German alignment; Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48); the draft Anglo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Apr 1910-21 Jun 1918
Extent:
1 volume (97 folios)

9313. IOR/R/15/5/113

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/113
Title:
‘1/1 Volume V Koweit Saudi Relations’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations over the drafting of trade, Bon Voisinage and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Apr 1936-20 Oct 1938
Extent:
1 volume (320 folios)

9314. IOR/R/15/5/316

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/316
Title:
File 13/7 'Japanese Trawlers for the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence regarding measures under consideration by the British government for preventing encroachments by Japanese and other foreign vessels on Arab pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between: J P Gibson of the India Office, and T V Brennan and La...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Jan 1938-20 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

9315. IOR/R/15/6/189

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/189
Title:
FILE 8/8 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ZANZIBAR SUBSIDIES
Scope & Content:
This file concerns arrangements for payments of the Zanzibar subsidy by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments, refunds, and receipts. Also discussed are details relating to a War Subsidy, to be paid from 1 May 1940 onwa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Dec 1939-9 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (138 folios)

9316. IOR/R/15/6/201

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/201
Title:
File 8/16 II DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF CUSTOMS MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the position of Director-General of Customs, in the Government of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence covers the following: the return from leave of the current occupant of the position, M A Rashid (in post since 1946, on deputation from the Government of British India, now th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Nov 1948-7 Dec 1949
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

9317. IOR/R/15/6/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/203
Title:
File 8/16 IV DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CUSTOMS MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file [IOR/R/15/6/202], this file relates to Mohammad Abu Rashid, Director-General of Customs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, who was employed on deputation from Customs House, Calcutta. Rashid's service in Muscat began in May 1946, and was extended in May 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1940-11 Oct 1951
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

9318. IOR/R/15/6/269

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/269
Title:
File 8/76 INDIAN OFFICERS OF THE MUSCAT LEVIES
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/268), this file mainly concerns the deputation of Pakistan Army officers with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levy Corps). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the possibility of extending the deputati...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
9 Jan 1949-24 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

9319. IOR/R/15/6/288

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/288
Title:
File 8/95 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, GWADUR.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns medical and educational facilities in Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. Most of the correspondence relates to the recruitment of staff, specifically regarding the following positions: sanitary inspector, medical officer, compounder, English teacher, and Urdu teacher. The corr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Urdu
Date Range:
12 Feb 1947-21 Sep 1948
Extent:
1 file (78 folios)

9320. IOR/R/15/6/290

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/290
Title:
File 8/96 Muscat State Affairs: Landing contract, Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file relates to port facilities at Muscat. It includes discussion of landing contracts and delays to the offloading of cargo at Muscat. Matters covered include the following: a contract for the landing of cargo, agreed between the Muscat Government and the Oman Trading Company on 1 Octobe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Apr 1937-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

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