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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...
File No: 19/3-G Name: Boarding of Star of Mex (by Arabs)
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This file contains correspondence regarding an incident in which an Egyptian-owned merchant vessel named Star of Mexico ran ashore at Ras al Hadd and was reportedly boarded and 'looted' by locals. The correspondence discusses the initial incident and events subsequent to it, including attempts t...
This file contains papers relating to an anti-locust campaign in Oman in 1945. The papers contain letters, telegrams, and reports by a number of agencies that were largely coordinated from the Political Agency in Muscat. These include the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, as well as Indian, Egyptian...
This volume pertains to the wartime censorship of communication to and from Muscat during the Second World War. In particular, the volume's papers contain instructions from the Government of India to the Political Agency in Muscat on the precise parameters of wartime censorship in multiple langua...
These sub-sub-series 'War' contains files that pertain to wartime administrative instructions for the Muscat Political Agency from the Government of India. IOR/R/15/6/471 concerns the censorship of communications to and from Muscat during the Second World War, while IOR/R/15/6/472 relates to the ...
This volume contains papers relating to the supply and gifting of arms and ammunition to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman during roughly the first half of the Second World War between 1939 and 1942. The papers are primarily receipts and lists of weapons and ammunition requested and subsequently tran...