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7961. IOR/R/15/2/1655

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1655
Title:
File 19/2 V Tours of the Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams and correspondence regarding arrangements for official visits of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Bahrain and other Persian Gulf countries between 1945 and 1950. The principal correspondents are: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC); the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 Feb 1945-14 Jan 1950
Extent:
1 file (132 folios)

7962. IOR/R/15/5/294

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/5/294
Title:
‘File 7/1 II Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the introduction of a new Order in Council to clarify the extent of British jurisdiction over foreigners in Kuwait, prompted by ongoing oil negotiations between Kuwait and the United States. The primary British concern being the removal of the requirement that Britain ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1932-6 Apr 1935
Extent:
1 file (223 folios)

7963. IOR/R/15/6/73

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/73
Title:
File [IIA/1 II] II. AVIATION. A. CIVIL AVIATION. (1) Civil Air Agreement with Sultan.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters and memoranda between representatives of the British Government, Imperial Airways and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘id bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd. The correspondence in the volume is related to the following: the Muscat Air Nav...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1935-5 Feb 1938
Extent:
1 volume (290 folios)

7964. IOR/R/15/6/217

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/217
Title:
File 8/29 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ACTIVITIES OF SAIYID TAIMUR BIN FAISAL
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the activities of Sir Sayid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘īd], former Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence reports on the ex-Sultan's business interests and on his travels under the alias T F T Al Said. Most of the correspondence covers the p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1936-20 Feb 1946
Extent:
1 file (63 folios)

7965. IOR/R/15/6/242

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/242
Title:
'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
Scope & Content:
This file concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the shaikhs of the Omani tribes. Much of the correspondence discusses the Sultan's ambition to secure the allegiance of the Omani shaikhs and consolidate his authority in the interior of Oman. T...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Oct 1938-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

7966. IOR/R/15/6/277

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/277
Title:
File 8/85 II MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR MUSCAT.
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/276), this file concerns the appointment of the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Muscat. The correspondence mainly concerns travel expenses for the newly appointed Basil Woods Ballard's journey from London to Muscat, via Bahrain. Also discussed is...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1948-3 Mar 1949
Extent:
1 file (17 folios)

7967. IOR/R/15/6/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/319
Title:
File 9/21 Naval & Shipping: Persian Navy - activities & visits to Arab ports
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers relating to the activities of the Persian Navy in the Persian Gulf. The papers deal with the movements of Persian naval vessels along the Arab coast of the Gulf, the discussion over what action should be taken in response to unheralded visits, and communication wi...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Mar 1931-9 Nov 1935
Extent:
1 file (65 folios)

7968. IOR/R/15/1/747

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/747
Title:
Report on Najd Mission 1917-1918
Scope & Content:
The volume is entitled Report on Najd Mission, 1917-1918 (Baghdad: Government Press, 1918). The report describes the mission headed by Harry St John Bridger Philby to Ibn Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd)], ruler of Najd and Imam of the Wahahbi [Wahhabi] sec...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:

1 volume (28 folios)

7969. IOR/R/15/2/590

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/590
Title:
‘19/3 HER EXCELLENCY LADY WILLINGDON’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, circulars and other papers relating to visits by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India (the Marquis of Willingdon, Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas) and his wife Lady Willingdon (Marie Freeman-Thomas) to Bahrain and Sharjah in May 1934, while travelling by Imper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1933-7 Oct 1934
Extent:
1 file (167 folios)

7970. IOR/R/15/2/618

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/618
Title:
‘File 22/8 II SHAIKH OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between British officials in the Persian Gulf, discussing the actions of Shaikh Saeed Bin Maktoom [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Ḥashr Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, covering the years 1941, 1944, 1946 and 1948-49. The correspondents are as follows: John Bar...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1941-28 Feb 1949
Extent:
1 file (20 folios)

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