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Place Musandam Peninsula , Arabian Peninsula

1. IOR/L/PS/10/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/23
Title:
File 351/1904 'Persian Gulf:- Erection of British flagstaffs at Musandam’
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence and other papers relating to the erection (and subsequent abandonment) of flagstaffs at the head of the Persian Gulf, on the Maklab [Maqlab] Isthmus at Musandam (Musandam spelt with numerous variations throughout the file), Telegraph Island [Jazīrat al Maqlab]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1908
Extent:

1 volume (221 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/18/B388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B388
Title:
'Memo on Mussondomom'
Scope & Content:
This is a copy of a printed memorandum, with correspondences by Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, dated January to February 1863, concerning locating the Persian Gulf Residency at Cape Mussundoom [Musandam]. In letter No. 2A (folios 1-4), date...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1863
Extent:

1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/18/B438

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/18/B438
Title:
'Muscat. Question whether a naval station could be established for use by His Majesty's ships at Khor Quwai or elsewhere in Muscat territory compatibly with the existing international agreements of His Majesty's Government'.
Scope & Content:
This printed India Office report was written by John Gilbert Laithwaite and published in November 1934. It aims 'to examine, with particular reference to the proposal which has been put forward to establish a station at Khor Quwai [Khawr Quway] in the Musandim Peninsula, the history of the Decla...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2 Nov 1934
Extent:

6 folios

4. IOR/R/15/6/22 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/22 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File XVII: Naval Bases in the Gulf
Scope & Content:
This sub-sub-series consists of a single file that contains correspondence between British officials concerning the boundaries of the Sultan of Muscat's jurisdiction in northern Oman (Musandam Peninsula).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1901-1903
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/V/10/280/1

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/V/10/280/1
Title:
'GENERAL REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR 1865-66'
Scope & Content:
Annual administration report of the Bombay Presidency, providing a summary record of the main events and developments in each department of the Government of Bombay during the financial year 1865-66. The report is divided into the following headings, some of which are further divided into sub-h...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1865-1866
Extent:
1 item (278 folios)

7. IOR/X/3635/33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3635/33
Title:
'Chart of the Entrance to the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
Covers the eastern part of the Strait of Hormuz, the western part of the Gulf of Oman and the coastlines of southern Persia [Iran], northern Oman and the eastern side of the Musandam Peninsula, including a hinterland of approximately thirty miles. Portrays hydrology, including depths by sounding...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 map sheet

8. IOR/X/3635/35/1-2

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3635/35/1-2
Title:
'Chart of The Gulf of Persia.'
Scope & Content:
Sheet 1 (Eastern) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/1 Sheet 2 (Western) bears the shelfmark IOR/X/3635/2 Covers the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz and the coastlines of Persia [Iran], Mesopotamia and the north-eastern Arabian Peninsula eastwards to the Musandam Peninsula. Includes a hinterland of...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1832
Extent:
1 map on 2 sheets

9. IOR/X/3682

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/X/3682
Title:
‘Trigonometrical Plan of the Summits of the Quoins & Islands that form what is commonly called Cape Musseldom on the Southern side of the Entrance to the Persian Gulf by P. Maughan, Commander in the H.C. Marine. 1821’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn nautical chart of the entrance of the Persian Gulf compiled from the survey carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers in 1821. Shows positions of the islands off the shore of the Musandam Peninsula with a network of lines based on survey’s control points inser...
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 map