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The file concerns postal services at Muscat and Gwadar. The arrangements for postal services in the territories of Muscat and Oman were complicated from 1947 by the independence of India, and the transfer of responsibility for postal services from the Government of India to the Political Residen...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf. The file contains the 'Note on certain enquiries made by the Committee [League of Nations Advisory Committee of Experts] relative to certain states in the Persian Gulf.' Included i...
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...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in the Gulf and the demand for manumission. The file includes a table (folio 7) 'Manumission analysis for the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, 1932-35'. Principal correspondents include the Pol...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slavery in Oman and applications for manumissions at the British consulate Muscat. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
File 13/2 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY.'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to arms traffic between Iran and Muscat and associated activity such as piracy and slave running. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
File 13/2 II 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave traffic on the Batina Coast [Al Bāţinah], as well as the searching of Persian dhows in Muscat territorial waters. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Politica...
File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT'
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to the slave trade at Fujairah and the piratical activities of Mirza ibn Barkat. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat; the Political Agent, Bahrain; the Political Agent, Kuwait; and ...
File 13/3 III 'SLAVE TRADE: Instructions for Manumission of Slaves'
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The file is composed of two pieces of correspondence: A letter (21 May 1949) from the Persian Gulf Residency to the Political Agent, Muscat, requesting statistics for manumission in the Muscat Agency's jurisdiction during the year ending 31 March 1949 A letter (June 13 1949) from the Political A...
File 13/4 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY (MIR HASSAN)'
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slave running in Muscat territory, in particular in the area near the customs post at Suwaiq. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; ...
