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File 8/29 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ACTIVITIES OF SAIYID TAIMUR BIN FAISAL
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the activities of Sir Sayid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Sa‘īd], former Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence reports on the ex-Sultan's business interests and on his travels under the alias T F T Al Said. Most of the correspondence covers the p...
File 8/31 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: REQUEST FOR SERVICES OF A DOCTOR.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns requests made to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for the services of a personal doctor. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resi...
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA & HIS RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file concerns disputes between the two ruling shaikhs at Dibba and their relations with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The two shaikhs are described as follows: the Shihuh Shaikh, a subject of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and the Qasimi Shaikh (also transliterated as Jowasimi in the file)...
File 8/38 Muscat State Affairs Qwasimi Shaikh of Dhibba and his Relations with the State
Scope & Content:
This file, like the preceding file in this sequence [IOR/R/15/6/219] concerns an ongoing dispute between the Jawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of aggression on...
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file, continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/220], concerns an ongoing dispute between the Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of...
'File 8/39 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: CLAIM OF INDEPENDENCE BY KHOR FAKHAN AND DHIBBA SHAIKHS'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of two letters exchanged between the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. It concerns the British response to news that the Shaikhs of Dibba and Khor Fakan [Khawr Fakkān] have recently declared themselves to be no longer subordinat...
File 8/40 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEATH OF SHAIKH OF KALBA & KALBA AFFAIRS.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns reported attempts by neighbouring rulers and authorities to interfere with the affairs of Kalba, following the death of the Shaikh of Kalba. The correspondence contains reports of an attempt by Shaikh Rashid bin Ahmad of Dibba [Shaikh Rāshid bin Aḥmad Āl Qāsimī] to install h...
File 8/43 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: POLITICS & RELATIONS OF MUSCAT WITH OTHER ARAB CHIEFS – BORDERS: WADI AL QAUR, KALBA & RAS AL KHAIMAH
Scope & Content:
This file concerns British policy regarding the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the chiefs of the Trucial coast and other Arab chiefs. The file mostly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, which follows the ...
File 8/43 Muscat State Affairs: Politics and relations of Muscat with other Arab Chiefs – Borders, Wadi al Qaur, Kalba and Ras al Khaimah
Scope & Content:
This file primarily concerns relations between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and neighbouring Arab rulers. The file begins with correspondence regarding a reported meeting between the Wali of Sohar, the Wali of Shinas and the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, a meeting th...
File 8/44 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENT OF CONSUL IN INDIA.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] interest in appointing a Muscat Consul in India, specifically in Bombay. It features the following correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; officials of th...
