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41. IOR/R/15/6/456

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/456
Title:
File 17/2 Horticulture'
Scope & Content:
This volume contains correspondence and documents regarding the creation and management of a garden attached to the Political Agency in Muscat. Most of the correspondence in the volume is between officials of the Political Agency in Muscat and various horticultural suppliers and specialists in...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Urdu
Date Range:
18 Apr 1933-7 Jan 1941
Extent:
1 volume (255 folios)

42. IOR/R/15/6/7

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/7
Title:
Political Affairs of Muscat and Oman
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers relating to the domestic politics of Oman during 1874. The papers mostly cover the rebellion of the Al-Sa'ad tribe and the concurrent efforts of the British to suppress their rebellion in support of the Sultan of Oman and Muscat. The file contains several letters by the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1874-1 Feb 1875
Extent:
1 file (230 folios)

43. IOR/R/15/6/282, f 55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/282, f 55
Title:
WATER SUPPLY
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Pradhan Singh, State Engineer, with Ibrahim Muhammad, Naqib of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's Retinue, at the Jirziz spring head, Dhofar. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
1 photograph

44. IOR/R/15/6/84, f 104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/84, f 104
Title:
‘APPENDIX C. SQUADRON CAMP’
Scope & Content:
Plan sketching the suggested site for the Squadron Camp at the West end of the Ras El-Hadd (Ras Al Hadd) Peninsula at the entrance to Khor Hajar, opposite the unloading bay. The site is one of the facilities at Ras Al Hadd landing ground at Salalah, Oman. The plan is prepared by G S Cooper, Civ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 plan

45. IOR/R/15/6/131

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/131
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Instructions regarding flying of flags.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a request for clarification from the British Agent, Gwadur [Gwadar] on when it was permissible to fly the flag at the British Agency (answer: when the Political Agent, or the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf landed there), 1945-46; and correspondence between the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Dec 1945-2 Sep 1947
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

46. IOR/R/15/6/174

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/174
Title:
File 6/34 Foreign Interests: American Interests in the Persian Gulf
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning visits made to the Gulf by American officials. The majority of the correspondence in the file relates to a visit to Muscat made by the US Army Survey Mission in 1945.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Aug 1945-5 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (19 folios)

47. IOR/R/15/6/320

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/320
Title:
File 9/21 Persian navy: activities and visits to Arab ports
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence from the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf to the Political Agent, Muscat. The papers warn of possible visits by Iranian sloops and give reference to previous correspondence (see IOR/R/15/6/319) on what action to take if such visits occur.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1936-7 Jan 1938
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

48. IOR/R/15/6/15

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/15
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between Sayyid `Abd al-Aziz bin Sa'id, the Sultan of Oman's cousin and competitor, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf about Oman affairs. Specifically, the exchanges discuss whether the Sultan at the time, Faisal bin Turki, was fit to rule. The file a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Jan 1882-Nov 1882
Extent:
1 file (61 folios)

49. IOR/R/15/6/17

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/17
Title:
Political
Scope & Content:
This file contains papers that discuss possible Turkish designs on Oman. It also includes the November 1885 administration report and trade returns from the Political Agent in Muscat to the Political Resident in Bushire; 1884-85 report on a visit by the Political Agent to Ras Fartak. However. The...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Nov 1884-31 Jul 1886
Extent:
1 file (51 folios)

50. IOR/R/15/6/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70
Title:
File 1/1 ARMS TRAFFIC Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to arms trafficking in certain areas of the Trucial Coast, mainly Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. The Baluch in Oman were the main arm dealers smuggling arms from Dubai to Persia. This was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)