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Name Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970 Digitised Content Yes (available)

1. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 663-666

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/268, ff 663-666
Title:
Formal Recognition of Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd as Ruler of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 27 December 1871, concerning the formal recognition of Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] as Ruler of Muscat. The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Maj...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Nov 1871-30 Jan 1872
Extent:
1 item (4 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/5/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/271
Title:
‘Letters from India (Secret Dept)’, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Government of India Foreign Department letters marked ‘Secret’, ‘General’, or ‘Political’ and sent to His Grace the Duke of Argyll, Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for India, with enclosures. The papers are reporting on the state of affairs in a number of regions including: the Khanate of Khiva...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, Persian, and Russian
Date Range:
19 Jan 1871-27 Dec 1872
Extent:
1 volume (983 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 303-470

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/5/452, ff 303-470
Title:
Measures Adopted for Suppressing the 'Slave Trade'
Scope & Content:
This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay [Mumbai] Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 107 of 1847, dated 31 December 1847. The enclosures relate to British attempts to suppress the 'slave trade' [trade in enslaved people]....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1847
Extent:
1 item (168 folios)

5. IOR/L/PS/9/20

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/20
Title:
'LETTERS FROM PERSIAN GULF WITH INDEX. JAN-JUN 1872', Vol 20
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of despatches to the Duke of Argyll, Secretary of State for India, from Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 13 January-26 June 1872, forwarding copies of his despatches to the Secretary to Government, Political Department, Bombay. The despatches contain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Persian
Date Range:
13 Jan 1872-26 Jun 1872
Extent:
1 volume (857 folios)

6. IOR/L/PS/9/68/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/9/68/65
Title:
Enclosure in Sir Harford Jones's letter of 14 September 1810
Scope & Content:
Copy of a letter in French from Jean Robbio, a French courier captured in Bushire, to Monsieur Dallons, a French envoy to Mascat [Muscat], of 11 April 1810. This letter was part of the papers seized from Robbio at Bushire by Stephen Babington, in charge of the Residency at Bushire (see IOR/L/PS/...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
French
Date Range:
11 Apr 1810
Extent:
1 item (2 folios)

7. IOR/L/PS/10/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/27
Title:
File 733/1904 Pts 3, 4, 5, and 6 'MUSCAT. COMMERCIAL TREATY. STATUS OF MUSCATIS. HOSPITAL.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises four parts discussing affairs in Muscat which are indirectly related to the Muscat Arbitration discussed in parts 1 and 2: part 3 discusses a possible revision of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat, originally signed in 1892; p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1904-1914
Extent:

1 volume (352 folios)

8. IOR/L/PS/10/111

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/111
Title:
File 619/1907 Pt 2 'Arms Traffic:- Muscat dhows. "Kadra" case.'
Scope & Content:
The volume discusses an alleged arms trafficking incident which occurred in December 1908. The El Khadra, a dhow owned by Mubarak bin Khamis, a subject of Muscat, was seized by Italian authorities off the coast of Ras Hafun [Raas Xaafuun] on charges of arms trafficking. The volume includes the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
9 Feb 1909-22 Dec 1911
Extent:
1 volume (398 folios)

9. IOR/L/PS/10/216

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/216
Title:
File 360/1912 'Arms Traffic: Muscat trade; Arrangement with Sultan; Compensation; Arms Traffic Subsidy'
Scope & Content:
The volume consists of correspondence relating to a British naval blockade designed to stem the flow of arms through Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is mostly between the Foreign Office, the Government of India, and the India Office. Further correspondence is included as enclosures and is fr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1910-1923
Extent:
1 volume (179 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/235

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/235
Title:
File 868/1912 Pt 1 'Arms traffic: arrangements at Muscat for its regulation'
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, printed reports and a press cutting relating to the arms traffic in Muscat and arrangements for its regulation. Issues discussed include: negotiations between the Foreign Office, India Office and the Sultan of Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1910-1912
Extent:
1 volume (225 folios)