The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh, as on folio 2. The file consists of a single letter, from Major Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, Political Agent and HBM's Consul, Muscat, to the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,...
The Establishment files of the Political Agency, Muscat provide general information about the composition of the Agency's staff during the period in question, including comprehensive Annual Returns of staff for the period 1933-47 (IOR/R/15/6/138-139). IOR/R/15/6/137 concerns proposals for the ap...
The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the sub...
File 5/6 PROPOSAL TO APPOINT A BRITISH AGENT AT SALALAH
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The file concerns proposals for the appointment of a British Agent at Salalah, the capital of the province of Dhofar in Muscat and Oman. The proposed appointment was considered necessary because of the prospective inauguration of an air route along the southern coast of Arabia, and because the S...
The file contains Annual Returns of the Establishment of the Political Agency and HBM's Consulate, Muscat, as at 1 April 1933-1 April 1935, inclusive, with related correspondence from the Political Residency, Bushire, and the office of the Accountant General, Central Revenues, New Delhi. The re...
The file contains Annual Returns of the Establishment of the Political Agency, Muscat, and the British Agency, Gwadur [Gwadar] as at 1 April 1936-1 April 1947, inclusive, with associated correspondence from the Political Residency, Bushire, and the office of the Accountant General, Central Reven...
The file contains the following Foreign Office memoranda (with covering circulars) concerning revised foreign allowances: (1) Mission Fund and Consular Customs Rebate, March 1947; (2) Variability of the New Foreign Allowances, May 1947.
File 5/16 EMPLOYMENT UNDER H.M.GOVERNMENT: MINISTERIAL STAFF
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The file concerns the recruitment of staff of the Political Agency, Muscat (and the British Agency, Gwadur [Gwadar]) for service under HM Government, following the handover of responsibility for the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf from the Government of India to the Foreign Office. The ...
File 6/1 REPORTED PLOT TO GET SAIYID TURKI TO ABDICATE AND THEN RE-AMALGAMATE MUSCAT WITH ZANZIBAR IN 1880. SULTAN OF ZANZIBAR'S PRESENTS TO THE SHAIKHS OF OMAN. SUGGESTED COMPLICITY OF ZANZIBAR IN MUSCAT REBELLION OF 1895.
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The file concerns political matters concerning both Muscat and Oman (also referred to as Muskat and Maskat), and Zanzibar. The papers include: correspondence concerning reported discussions between Seyyid Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his brother, ...
The Zanzibar files of the Political Agency, Muscat concern political affairs linking the Sultanate of Zanzibar with the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The main themes are political intrigues and unrest designed to bring about the deposition of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his replacement w...
