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8341. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

8342. IOR/R/15/6/409

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/409
Title:
File 12/3 II RAS-AL-HADD MAIL SERVICE PROPOSAL
Scope & Content:
The file concerns proposals for the improvement of the mail service in Muscat and Oman. Muscat was said in 1944 to have been 'ill supplied with mail facilities for many months, resulting in serious delays in delivery of official mail and excessive expenditure on telegrams' (folio 45). The commer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1943-16 Dec 1944
Extent:
1 file (88 folios)

8343. IOR/R/15/6/410

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/410
Title:
File 12/4 TELEGRAMS SENT FROM SALALAH BY SULTAN OR HIS REPRESENTATIVE
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the procedure for the transmission of, and payment for, telegrams sent from Salalah [Şalālah] by Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, or his representative there. The papers show that in June 1947 the Royal Air Force (RAF) agreed to ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Mar 1947-19 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (47 folios)

8344. IOR/R/15/6/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/411
Title:
File 12/5 ECONOMICS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Scope & Content:
The file title contains a misspelling: 'Economics' for 'Economies'. The file consists of a Foreign Office circular dated 24 November 1947 entitled 'Economies on Communications: Report'. The report contains recommendations for economies on telegrams and bag services (mail).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

8345. IOR/R/15/6/412

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/412
Title:
File 12/9 I Gwadur Post Office Buildings
Scope & Content:
The file concerns Post Office buildings at Gwadur [Gwadar]. The papers cover: correspondence concerning the Post Office boundary; sketch plans of sites; the disposal and sale of buildings (the 'Old Political Bungalow' and the 'Inspection Bungalow') to the Government of Muscat and Oman; well; co...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Feb 1936-28 Oct 1942
Extent:
1 file (187 folios)

8346. IOR/R/15/6/413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/413
Title:
File 12/10 Post Office - Muscat & Gwadur
Scope & Content:
The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to the Political Residen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1945-29 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (208 folios)

8347. IOR/R/15/6/414

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414
Title:
File 13/1 'Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf.' Included i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Dec 1934
Extent:
1 volume (261 folios)

8348. IOR/R/15/6/415

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/415
Title:
File 13/1 II 'Slavery in the Gulf'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf and the demand for manumission. The file includes a table (folio 7) 'Manumission analysis for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, 1932-35'. Principal correspondents include the Pol...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20 Jan 1939-10 Aug 1944
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

8349. IOR/R/15/6/416

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/416
Title:
File 13/1 'SLAVERY: APPLICATIONS FOR MANUMISSION'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in Oman and applications for manumissions at the British consulate Muscat. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1949-30 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (68 folios)

8350. IOR/R/15/6/417

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/417
Title:
File 13/2 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY.'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to arms traffic between Iran and Muscat and associated activity such as piracy and slave running. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jun 1937-31 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

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