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11. IOR/R/15/6/183-297

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/183-297
Title:
File 8: Muscat State Affairs
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Muscat State Affairs' documents the involvement of the British Government in the administration of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman's domestic and foreign affairs from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Whilst the sub-sub-series contains material rangin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Turkish, and Urdu
Date Range:
1890-1961
Extent:
115 files and volumes (10,106 folios)

12. IOR/R/15/6/402-413

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/402-413
Title:
File 12: Roads and Communications
Scope & Content:
The Roads and Communications files of the Political Agency, Muscat mostly concern mail and telegraph services in Muscat and Gwadar. The files cover the following topics: a single letter discussing the possibility of a commercial motor route from Kuwait to Haifa, 1937 (IOR/R/15/6/402); the opera...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1951
Extent:
12 files and volumes (1260 folios)

13. IOR/R/15/6/128-134

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/128-134
Title:
File 4: Ceremonials, Honours and Awards
Scope & Content:
The Subject files File 4 (Ceremonials, Honours and Awards) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: the Silver Jubilee of King George V; the death of King George V; the Coronation of King George VI; flags; ceremonial, etiquette a...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1904-1948
Extent:
7 files and volumes (391 folios)

14. IOR/R/15/6/334-401

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/334-401
Title:
File 11: Political
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series 'Political' contains correspondence and papers related to political matters in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the surrounding region. Political here is defined broadly and as such as the sub-sub-series' contents is diverse in nature. Subjects covered include: Corresponde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Gujarati, Sindhi, and Urdu
Date Range:
1906-1951
Extent:
68 files and volumes (6,472 folios)

15. IOR/R/15/6/122-127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122-127
Title:
File 3 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Subject files File 3 (Books and Publications) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: customary law, charts and maps, land routes, and transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
1929-1939
Extent:
6 files (184 folios)

16. IOR/R/15/6/471-472

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/471-472
Title:
File 25: War
Scope & Content:
These sub-sub-series 'War' contains files that pertain to wartime administrative instructions for the Muscat Political Agency from the Government of India. IOR/R/15/6/471 concerns the censorship of communications to and from Muscat during the Second World War, while IOR/R/15/6/472 relates to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1939-1943
Extent:
2 volumes (465 folios)

17. IOR/R/15/6/464-465

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/464-465
Title:
File 18: Medical and Public Health
Scope & Content:
The files in this sub-sub-series contain papers and correspondence relating to the treatment of malarial ponds in Muscat in Oman.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1944
Extent:
2 files (158 folios)

18. IOR/R/15/6/414-422

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/414-422
Title:
File 13: Slave Trade
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub series IOR/R/15/6/414-422 comprises correspondence relating to slavery and the slave trade in the Persian Gulf. Much of the correspondence is between the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. Topics discussed include statistics in relation to applica...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1949
Extent:
9 files (898 folios)

19. IOR/R/15/6/182 (Sub-sub-series)

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/182 (Sub-sub-series)
Title:
File 7: Dhufar
Scope & Content:
The Dhufar sub-sub-series consists of a single file regarding affairs related to Dhofar [Dhufar], notably the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's residence there while away from Muscat.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1923-1928
Extent:
1 file (58 folios)

20. IOR/R/15/6/451-453

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/451-453
Title:
File 16: Sinking of Norwegian ship, Dahpu in Muscat harbour
Scope & Content:
These files comprise telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include reports of the sinking, attempts at salvage, claims for compensation, and defensive measures in the harbour.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1943-1947
Extent:
3 files (465 folios)