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9361. IOR/R/15/6/266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/266
Title:
File 8/72 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT LEVIES STRIKE; MUSCAT CUSTOMS STRIKE
Scope & Content:
This file concerns actions taken by the Muscat authorities following strikes by members of the Muscat Levies (also referred to as the Muscat Infantry) and the Muscat Customs Department respectively. The Muscat Levies strike – the result of a recent cancellation of rations – occurred in 1942 and ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Sep 1942-22 Sep 1944
Extent:
1 file (42 folios)

9362. IOR/R/15/6/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/294
Title:
File 8/98 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], following the conclusion of a Civil Air Agreement between the two parties. The correspondence mainly concerns shipping arrangements for arms and ammuni...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1947-8 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (48 folios)

9363. IOR/R/15/6/327

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/327
Title:
File 9/C-6 Shipping, Naval and Marine: Muscat lighthouse and leading lights
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the maintenance of the lighthouse and leading lights at Muscat. The papers deal with orders for supplies and parts, administration of costs, and reports of lights not burning. The correspondence comes from: the Political Agency, Muscat; the Port Direct...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Jan 1936-25 Aug 1947
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

9364. IOR/R/15/1/610, f 230

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/610, f 230
Title:
‘Irrigation and Railway Map. ENCLOSURE B’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: S.D.O. Topo. Dy. No. 14, Exd. C.J.A., April 1911. Distinctive Features: Map produced to illustrate the proposed railway and irrigation scheme in Mesopotamia recommended by Sir William Willcocks. Includes a key and an explanatory note on railways with distances between Baghdad and Ba...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1911
Extent:
1 map

9365. IOR/R/15/1/741, f 7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/741, f 7
Title:
‘Map to show the Limits of Koweit and Adjacent Country’
Scope & Content:
Imprint: Harrison & Sons Lith. St. Martins Lane, W.C. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map issued as an Annex no. 5 to Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 29 July 1913 with inner and outer limits of Kuwait authority shown by red and green lines respectively. Signatures of Sir Ed...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 map

9366. IOR/R/15/1/266

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/266
Title:
14/138 Arab Coast: Hostilities Between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi and Um al Kowein over the affairs of the Bani Katb tribe. April 1904 to May 1916
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing the role of Sheikh Zaid bin Khalifah, Sheikh of Abu Dhabi on the Trucial Coast and the battles and disputes between the Trucial Shaikhs. Also discussed is the agreement, arranged by the Political Resident Persian Gulf which secured the release of the Shaikh of Umm al-Qa...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Apr 1904-14 Feb 1916
Extent:
1 volume (140 folios)

9367. IOR/R/15/1/400

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/400
Title:
File 35/84 I A. 5. Muscat Treaty of 1891; lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station
Scope & Content:
Correspondence about the lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station. Includes, in English and Arabic, the 'lawful and honourable Bond' of 28th March 1891 whereby Sayyid Faisal bin Turki, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, pledged never to cede, sell or mortgage an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 May 1891-30 Jan 1899
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

9368. IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18C

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/625, f 18C
Title:
Sketch map showing Oman and Trucial States
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Relief shown by shading. Various routes shown in colour with a key of reference provided below map. Copied from a ‘Sketch map to illustrate the paper on “Some Excursions in Oman” by Major General Sir Percy Cox, G.C.M.G.’ published in the Geographical Journal in Septemb...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
Extent:
1 map sheet

9369. IOR/R/15/2/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/65
Title:
File XXVII/1 Al Khalifa family. Recognition of Shaikh Hamad as successor to Sh `Isa. CSI conferred on Shaikh `Isa. CIE conferred on Sh `Abdullah.
Scope & Content:
The majority of the file contains correspondence exchanged by the Political Agent at Bahrain between 1914 and 1917 with the Political Resident in the Gulf, the Secretary to the Most Eminent Order of the British Empire, and the Ruler of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Kha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Feb 1901-6 Dec 1917
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

9370. IOR/R/15/2/806

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/806
Title:
File 31/8 File No:- 1-B/7(a) Major Head: Administration. Sub: Head:- General. Subject:- Land Tenure in Bahrain. Sub file. MUNICIPAL MEAT MARKET & SLAUGHTER HOUSE.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence about land tenure in Manamah, specifically over the municipal meat market and slaughterhouse. The majority of the correspondence is between the Captain Everard Huddleston Gastrell, Political Agent, Bahrain, and the President, Manama municipality, as well as Shaik...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Sep 1933-28 Oct 1933
Extent:
1 file (40 folios)

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