A plan of the ground floor of the Political Agency in Muscat that indicates room functions and stairs. Proposed servant quarters are marked in red crayon.
This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their resp...
'File 2/24 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE (3R) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Murbat’
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The file contains correspondence related to the proposal of the Headquarters of the British Forces, Aden, to send by an Admiralty tanker 900 cases of petrol and fifty drums of oil to Murbat, Oman. The Sultan of Muscat and Oman was to give permission to the Wali of Murbat to arrange for the proced...
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Government Affairs, Etc. & Miscellaneous Papers re. Persians
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This file contains two items of correspondence that were sent from the British Legation in Tehran to a number of British diplomatic posts in the Persian Gulf including the Political Agency in Muscat. One relates to the resignation of the Persian Government in September 1933, the other to Iranian ...
‘X. PASSPORTS AND PROTECTION. (2) Impounding of British passports by local Customs.’
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The file contains two copies of a letter by Ralph Ponsonby Watts, the Political Agent, Muscat to Sayyid Shihab bin Faysal Al Bu Sa‘idi, representative of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman regarding the impounding of British subjects’ passports by the Muscat State officials.
‘File 2/15 ANNEX PETROL DUMP & LANDING GROUND AT MASIRAH.’
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The file includes correspondence between Royal Air Force commanders and the Political Agent at Muscat regarding: the deposit of petrol containers; the delivery of three keys to the petrol station at Masirah Island; and the repair to the petrol store at Umm Rasas, in Oman.
The correspondence in the file is related to the subject of the refuelling of civil and foreign aircraft at the Salalah and Masirah airfields. The correspondence also discusses the proposed appointment of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company as an agent for the supply of fuel, and the Muscat and Oman G...
File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah]. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency and the Br...
File 6/13 Foreign Interests: Seizure of Arab Dhows by Persians
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This file contains correspondence between British officials concerning reports of Iranian Government customs vessels 'interfering' with a number of vessels from Oman and Kuwait. In addition to correspondence that discusses these specific instances, the file also contains correspondence regarding...