A sketch map with countries and borders shown ranging from Oman in the west to China in the east. An area shaded in red indicates areas to be included in Air H.Q. India Bombing Target Catalogues (with a potential radius of action taken as 500 miles).
Drawing of one of the possible landing grounds at Sukra (also Sauqirah) Bay as it has been described by Air Officer Commanding and the Political Agent, Muscat.
Drawing of one of the possible landing grounds at Sukra (also Sauqirah) Bay as it has been described by Air Officer Commanding and the Political Agent, Muscat.
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, ...
File 6/10 Foreign Interests: Persian Govt. Affairs, etc and miscellaneous papers re: Persians
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This file contains correspondence and documents concerning a number of different topics related to the Government of Iran as follows: Correspondence regarding a visit made to the Gulf by a Danish Fishing Vessel led by Dr. Harald Blegvad, Director of the Danish Biological Station. The visit was i...
'File 8/39 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: CLAIM OF INDEPENDENCE BY KHOR FAKHAN AND DHIBBA SHAIKHS'
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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...
This file contains correspondence regarding the employment of Palestinian teachers in the Middle East, primarily in government service in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This correspondence is between officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, the Foreign Office, the Political Residency in B...
File 17/16 Fish Industry in Muscat (Dr. Bertram's Visit to Muscat)
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This file consists of the following: A copy of a report entitled 'Fishery Development at the Head of the Persian Gulf with Special Reference to the Needs of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., Abadan. by G C L Bertram MA PhD, Middle East Supply Centre, 25th August, 1944' (folios 3-19) Correspondence rega...
This file consists of correspondence and related documents concerning the impact of the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944 on the Arab Shaikhdoms of the Persian Gulf. The contents of the file are as follows: 'United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, U.S.A July...
Photograph of Khor El Beled [Khawr al Balid], a fresh water creek in the province Dhofar, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. This photograph is part of a series of photographs that appear at the end of a preliminary report on the land resources of Dhofar, produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Dir...