File 42/8 II Miscellaneous (a) Consecration of grant of land for Christian Cemetery (b) [Memorial from British Indian inhabitants of Muscat concerning hardships under Muscat Order in Council of 4.11.1867]
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This file contains correspondence between British officials, primarily at the Political Agency in Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, regarding two subjects: A petition presented to the Government of Bombay by a group of British Indian merchants in Muscat requesting a revision to the ...
The Miscellaneous sub-sub-series consists of two files that contain correspondence regarding a number of issues, notably the allocation of a piece of land in Muscat for use as a Christian cemetery and this cemetery's subsequent consecration.
File 42/8 II Miscellaneous. Consecration and grant of land for Christian Cemetery
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat and British officials elsewhere in the region concerning the following topics: A visit to Muscat made by the Right Reverend Bishop Lefroy in order to consecrate the Christian cemetery in Muscat (f...
V/2 GWADUR. 1) STATUS, & ORIGIN OF SULTAN'S JURISDICTION. 2) RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES. Sept. 1885- Jan 1907
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The volume contains an index (f 4), telegrams, letters, and reports related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. The British Government raised concerns related to the act...
The sub-sub-series ‘File XVII/2 Gwadar’ consists of one volume, XVII/2. The correspondence in the sub-sub-series is related to the restoration of the port of Gwadur [Gwadar], which is in the possession of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to the Khan of Kalat in return of a money payment. Among th...
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...
The sub-sub-series ‘File 1 Arms Traffic’ consists of one volume (1/1), and one file (also 1/1). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to arms trafficking in Oman mainly in Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Masirah, Suwaiq, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. Among the ma...
The file contains telegrams, letters, and extracts from intelligence summaries related to arms trafficking in Oman. The main correspondence is related to the recovery of boxes of small arms ammunition that were recovered by local inhabitants from shallow water off Ras al-Hadd in Oman. They are s...
File [IIA/1] II. AVIATION A. CIVIL AVIATION. (1) Civil Air Agreement with the Sultan.
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The volume contains telegrams, and letters between British officials and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman related to the signing of a civil air agreement between the two governments. The volume includes drafts of the Muscat Civil Air Agreement both in Arabic and in English (ff 13-30). These were sh...
