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9401. IOR/R/15/6/97

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/97
Title:
'File 2/20 II. AVIATION B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3J) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Sahar.’
Scope & Content:
The correspondence in the file is related to the construction of the Royal Air Force landing ground at Sohar, Oman. The main correspondents in the file are: the Political Agency, Muscat; the Persian Gulf Residency, Bushire; and the Council of Ministers to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Sep 1929-17 May 1930
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

9402. IOR/R/15/6/98

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/98
Title:
‘File 2/21 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3K) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Baital. Falaj.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) request for the acquisition of land to establish a landing ground at Bait Al-Falaj, and their request to obtain the Government of Muscat and Oman’s permission for the work to take place...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
26 Sep 1929-18 Apr 1933
Extent:
1 file (25 folios)

9403. IOR/R/15/6/212

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/212
Title:
File 8/27 I '1. H.H. the SULTAN. 2. SULTAN'S VISITS TO INDIA & EUROPE. 1932-1937.
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns the affairs and travels of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence includes details of unofficial visits to India by the Sultan during the summer months of 1932, 1934 and 1935, including proposed itineraries and arrangements for the h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Jun 1932-29 May 1937
Extent:
1 volume (91 folios)

9404. IOR/R/15/6/452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/452
Title:
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME II Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Claims for compensation The effect of the wreck of the Dahpu Salvage of foodstuffs, planking and armaments Defensive measures to count...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1943-20 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (261 folios)

9405. IOR/R/15/6/453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/453
Title:
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME III Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a the sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Claims for compensation The effect of the wreck of the Dahpu on anchorage in Muscat harbour Attempt at salvage of the wreck of SS Da...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-24 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

9406. IOR/R/15/1/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/203
Title:
‘File 5/194 I,195 I, 179 III, 169 II, 104 IV Kidnapping of individuals; manumission of slaves at Kuwait and Bushire; miscellaneous slavery cases’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains miscellaneous slave trade correspondence, distilled from a number of original subject files, covering a disparate range of slavery related from a four-decade period. The contents of the original subject file 5/194 I relate to an incident in 1924 in which twenty-five members o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
26 Jan 1906-24 Jul 1942
Extent:

1 volume (164 folios)

9407. IOR/R/15/1/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/249
Title:
14/101 I Arab Coast. Difference between the Chiefs of Shargah and Debai over the Headman of Fujeira
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the attitude of the Shaikh of Fujairah. The Political Agent, Muscat went to Fujairah in HMS Redbreast and found that the Shaikh was loathe to recognize that he was tributary to Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the brokering of an agreement by the Political Resident an...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Feb 1902-8 Aug 1904
Extent:
1 volume (248 folios)

9408. IOR/R/15/2/1268

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1268
Title:
File 6/50 Claim for exemption of taxation by Muhammad bin Subah al bin Ali of the Bin `Ali tribe
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to a claim for exemption from taxation by Muhammad bin Subah, leader of the Al Bin Ali tribe. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Political Residency...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1932-7 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

9409. IOR/R/15/5/395

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/395
Title:
British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States
Scope & Content:
The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:

1 volume (119 folios)

9410. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

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