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291. IOR/R/15/6/79

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/79
Title:
‘File 2/4 II. AVIATION. A. CIVIL AVIATION (1) Sanitary Administration on the Arab side of the Gulf’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and notifications related to the outbreak of smallpox at Sharjah. Correspondents in the file discuss the necessity of the application of the International Sanitary Convention and of quarantine restrictions in the Persian Gulf on the Arabian...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
6 Jan 1936-10 Dec 1936
Extent:
1 file (59 folios)

292. IOR/R/15/6/233

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/233
Title:
File 8/52 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHAIKH ISSA BIN SALEH AND HIS FATHER'S CAREER (SHAIKH OF OMAN)
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a report entitled 'Sketch of the Careers of Saleh Bin Ali and his son Isa Bin Saleh: The Stormy Petrels of Oman Politics.' Written by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the report comprises an account of the career of Saleh bin Ali bin Nasir of the El Harth tribe [Sh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 file (21 folios)

293. IOR/R/15/6/330

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/330
Title:
File 9/29 Naval & Shipping: Persian Gulf Mail & Steamer Services - Proposal to start Iraqi shipping company
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning a plan by Michael Hanna Shaikh of the Hanna Shaikh River Transport Company to form an Iraqi Shipping Company. The correspondence discusses any objections that the British Government might have and includes a letter from an employee of Mackinnon, Mackenz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jan 1947-10 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

294. IOR/R/15/6/394

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/394
Title:
File [11/4] Salute by H.H. the Sultan to Political Officers when leaving and returning to Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between the Political Agency in Muscat, the Government of India and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Faysal bin Turki. The correspondence concerns a disagreement that arose between the Agency and the Sultan as to whether or not he was obligated to fire a formal sal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1894-27 Aug 1894
Extent:
1 file (28 folios)

295. IOR/R/15/6/110

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/110
Title:
‘File 2/32 ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT AIR FACILITIES’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the negotiation of either the acquisition or lease of a base at Masirah Island. The British Government acquired a base either by the purchase or exchange of Masirah Island for Kuria Muria or the lease of wh...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Feb 1944-12 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

296. IOR/R/15/6/249

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/249
Title:
File 8/64 I Naim Tribe
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a dispute between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Shaikh Rashid of Ajman [Rāshid bin Ḥumaid Āl Nu‘aymī]. It consists of a letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, and includes an enclos...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 May 1949-7 Jun 1949
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

297. IOR/R/15/6/430

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/430
Title:
File 14/1 DHOFAR CONCESSION. VOL I
Scope & Content:
This file contains a copy of correspondence dated February 1950 between the British Residency, Bahrain and the Eastern Department, Foreign Office (G W Furlong), copied to the Political Agent, Muscat (Major F C L Chauncy), concerning the abandonment of the Dhofar oil concession. It also contains a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1950-5 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

298. IOR/R/15/6/227

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/227
Title:
File 8/50 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID ALI BIN FAISAL
Scope & Content:
This file concerns complaints made by Sayyid Ali bin Faisal [Sayyid ‘Alī bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], son of the late Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and younger brother of the current Sultan [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘īd], about Bertram Thomas's conduct as Financial...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Oct 1927-11 May 1928
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

299. IOR/R/15/6/245

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/245
Title:
File 8/62 IV PRINCIPAL SHAIKHS & TRIBES OF OMAN.
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the principal shaikhs and tribes of Oman, and also to the Imam of Oman's administration. It largely consists of copies of (and various amendments to) two reports. The first of these is an account by the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat entitled 'Notes on the Tribes of th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1950-25 Dec 1951
Extent:
1 file (137 folios)

300. IOR/R/15/6/279

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/279
Title:
File 8/85 IV MINISTER for FOREIGN AFFAIRS MUSCAT
Scope & Content:
This file concerns Lieutenant-Colonel Basil Woods Ballard and his position as the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs. The correspondence mainly discusses the possibility of Woods Ballard being considered for a position as Financial Adviser in the Government of Kuwait. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jun 1950-21 Nov 1951
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)