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Place Diba, Arabian Peninsula, Asia

1. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/220
Title:
File 8/38 Muscat State Affairs Qwasimi Shaikh of Dhibba and his Relations with the State
Scope & Content:
This file, like the preceding file in this sequence [IOR/R/15/6/219] concerns an ongoing dispute between the Jawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of aggression on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1940-29 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (173 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/221
Title:
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file, continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/220], concerns an ongoing dispute between the Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1944-17 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)