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The file concerns two items of correspondence relating to Zanzibar. The first is an anonymous letter to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (in Arabic, with English translation), dated 14 February 1901, concerning Hilal bin Amr, former Vizier to the Sultan of Zanzibar. The letter warns the Sultan tha...
File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence concerning matters related to the American Mission at Muscat including the movements and activities of its members and its desire to establish a hospital in Matrah [Muttrah]. Much of the correspondence is between officials at the Political Residency and the Br...
The Foreign Interests sub-sub-series contains files related to the interests and activities of foreign states in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and the wider Gulf region. The files relate to the United States of America (IOR/R/15/6/145-147,174,179), France (IOR/R/15/6/148-151), Germany (IOR/...
File 6/1 Foreign Interests: American Mission at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence concerning the following: An application made for travel documents and permission to return to Muscat from India by Dr Sarah L Hosman of the American Mission and a nurse named May Edna Barter The enforced closure of the American Medical Mission school by the Mus...
File 6/2 Foreign Interests: Discontinuance of American Consulate at Muscat
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This file contains correspondence sent from the British Political Agency and Consulate in Muscat to the Political Residency in Bushire concerning the closure of the US Consulate in Muscat. It also contains a limited amount of correspondence on the same subject between the British Political Agenc...
File 6-B/4 Foreign Interests: Closure of French Consulate at Bushire
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This file consists of a single letter in French (with a cover note in English) sent from the Consul General of France in Bushire to the British Political Resident and Consul General in Bushire. The letter confirms the closure of the French Consulate in Bushire effective from 31 August 1934.
File [VI B/4] Foreign Interests: French Consulate at Bushire
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This file contains correspondence regarding the appointment of Pierre Sudreau as Consul of France in Bombay [Mumbai] and the extent of his jurisdiction as Consul beyond Bombay itself. On folio 6, the file contains a letter in French sent from the French Embassy in London to the Foreign Office ...
File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Consulate Building at Muscat and Visit to Muscat of French Consul, Bombay to Muscat
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This file contains correspondence between officials at the French consulate in Bombay [Mumbai] and the British Political Agency in Muscat concerning the refurbishment and upkeep of the vacant French Consulate building in Muscat. In addition to this correspondence, the file also contains details...
File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Interests in Muscat
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This file contains correspondence related to the French Consulate in Muscat and French interests in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman generally. Much of the correspondence relates to the Consulate building itself including the period after the French Government closed the Consulate and the buildi...
File 6/5 Foreign Interests: Appointment of German Consul to Muscat
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This file consists of correspondence between the Political Residency in Bushire and the Political Agency in Muscat regarding a rumour that a German Consul was to be appointed in Muscat.
