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1. IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003
Title:
Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
Scope & Content:
The Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat sub-series concerns British policy in Muscat, Oman, and the Muscat territory of Gwadar. It largely consists of copies, drafts, and originals of correspondence between the India Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), Political Res...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
1921-1950
Extent:
54 files (7768 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/2973A

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2973A
Title:
Coll 20/16(2) 'Muscat: Diaries, News and Intelligence Summaries'
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly intelligence summaries sent by the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and distributed from there to various other British and Indian Government offices. The reports cover various subjects, each given their own sub-heading, such as British interes...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1946-30 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (159 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/2972

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2972
Title:
Coll 20/16(1) 'Muscat: Diaries: News and Intelligence Summaries'
Scope & Content:
Fortnightly news summaries sent by the Political Agent, Muscat, to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and distributed from there to various other British and Indian Government offices. From 1 April 1934 they are referred to as intelligence summaries. The reports cover various subjects,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1933-19 Dec 1945
Extent:
1 file (669 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2994

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2994
Title:
Coll 20/34 'Muscat: Relations with Sultan of Muscat'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, memoranda, and minutes relating to relations between the Sultan of Muscat and other powers, including the British. Included in the file: numerous notes and reports by the Political Agent in Muscat on the Sultan's relations with the Americans (folio 3), the tribes of the interior ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1939-3 Mar 1945
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/12/2986

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2986
Title:
Coll 20/26 'Muscat: Coinage of Muscat and Oman'
Scope & Content:
The file contains letters from a M Comencini, author of Coins of the Modern World 1870-1936, to the Department of Overseas Trade and the India Office requesting information on the currency and coinage in use in Muscat and Oman and the Indian States. Replies from the two departments are included,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1938-9 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/12/2964

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2964
Title:
Coll 20/12 'Muscat: Communications in Road construction'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning the construction of roads in Oman by the Muscat Levy Corps. The correspondents include the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agency in Muscat, and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India. The papers include a report by Ca...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1930-6 Oct 1932
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/12/3003

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3003
Title:
Coll 20/44 'Muscat subjects killed in Hyderabad'
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter from the Office of the High Commissioner for India, New Delhi, to the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, dated 22 October 1949. The letter refers to the killing of Muscat subjects in Hyderabad and suggests that the Sultan of Muscat raise the matter with ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1949-1 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/12/2988

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2988
Title:
Coll 20/28 'Muscat: Arms Traffic Subsidy'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, minutes, and memoranda relating to the payment of subsidies to the Sultan of Muscat, in particular that of the Arms Traffic Subsidy. The principal correspondents are officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Mar 1932-20 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (203 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/12/2993

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2993
Title:
Coll 20/33 'Muscat: Proposed Extradition Treaty'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, draft papers, and minute papers relating to a proposal for an extradition treaty between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the Government of India. The idea is first suggested by the Sultan himself, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and is then discussed in exchanges...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1939-6 Feb 1940
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/12/3001

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3001
Title:
Coll 20/41 'Muscat: Prohibition of Import of Intoxicating liquors into Muscat'
Scope & Content:
A letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (forwarded from the Foreign Office), Bahrain to Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, June 1948. The letter gives details of a prohibition on the import of liquor into Oman recently announced by the Sultan of Muscat. A translation of the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jul 1952
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)