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31. IOR/R/15/1/420

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/420
Title:
Muscat finances
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence discussing the following topics connected with the British reform of the Muscat State: Reductions in the allowance paid to Sultan Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] and other members of the ruling family; Proposed allowance for Sayid Said [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1928-27 May 1931
Extent:
1 volume (269 folios)

32. IOR/R/15/1/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/458
Title:
Muscat Tariff Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tariff treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada, as well as, letters in Arabic with translations in English ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
24 Aug 1931-8 May 1933
Extent:
1 file (234 folios)

33. IOR/R/15/1/459

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/459
Title:
Muscat Tariff
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to negotiations over revisions in the tariff questions relating to the proposed tarrif treaty with Muscat. Includes correspondence relating to negotiations with France, United States, Irish Free State and Canada. Arabic terminology is discussed relating to alcohol and tob...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
2 Jun 1933-25 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 file (211 folios)

34. IOR/R/15/1/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/220
Title:
‘5/190 VI – Manumission of Slaves at Muscat’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to twenty-six manumission cases. Although the volume is described in its title as being cases from the Political Agency in Muscat, cases 25 and 26 involve manumission cases heard by the Residency Agent at Sharjah. The cases are straightforward in natu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 1938-7 May 1942
Extent:

1 volume (209 folios)

35. IOR/R/15/1/543

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/543
Title:
File 53/87 IV British Policy in Kuwait
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British policy in Kuwait. The correspondence discusses the demarcation of the Kuwait-Iraq border, British obligations to Kuwait and the construction of a port at Um Qasr by the British military authorities. The correspondenc...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1942-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 file (56 folios)

36. IOR/R/15/1/537, f 173

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/537, f 173
Title:
‘Arabia’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn rough sketch map of the Arabian Peninsula enclosed with letter no. C-436 dated 27th December 1938, sent to Sir Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire. Produced to illustrate the European powers involvement and control over the region ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1939
Extent:
1 map

37. IOR/R/15/1/332

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/332
Title:
File 19/126 Bahrain Customs
Scope & Content:
This file contains a letter from Lt-Col Hugh Vincent Biscoe (the Political Resident in Bushire) to the Foreign Secretary of the Government on India in New Delhi. The letter discusses the retention of the services of Mr. C. de Grenier as the Director of Customs in Bahrain but also contains a br...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Feb 1930
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

38. IOR/R/15/1/345

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/345
Title:
File 19/169 IV Bahrain reforms
Scope & Content:
The majority of the documents contained in this file date from 1946 and 1947. The information contained in them relates to the state of Bahrain's economy and infrastructure post-World War Two. The documents contain discussions between the Agency in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave (the adviser to th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Feb 1942-15 Feb 1947
Extent:
1 file (60 folios)

39. IOR/R/15/1/455

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/455
Title:
Confidential File 35/141 Khasab
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discussing the situation in Khasab and relations between Shaikh Hassan and the Sultan of Muscat. Includes some letters in Arabic and a family tree (folio 21) of the ruling shaikhs of Dibba and Sharjah. Also includes a letter from Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Presiden...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
5 May 1931-1 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 volume (32 folios)

40. IOR/R/15/1/525

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/525
Title:
File 53/57 IV Kuwait-Iraq Boundary
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding the demarcation of the frontier between Iraq and Kuwait. An unsigned and undated letter (in Arabic) with a list of demands for reform is contained on folio 20a. Seven names (written in English) have been added in pencil to t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1935-18 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (45 folios)