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391. IOR/R/15/6/389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/389
Title:
File 11/36 Political Situation in Muscat
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the political situation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with an emphasis on the relationship between British authorities and its ruler, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘id bin Taymur]. This includes a discussion of the Sultan's financial arrangements, his prefe...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
27 Jun 1939-29 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 file (30 folios)

392. IOR/R/15/6/458

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/458
Title:
File 17/5 Staff Accommodation
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the construction, furnishing and subsequent maintenance and repairs of a 'political bungalow' for the use of British officials to stay in while visiting Gwadur [Gwadar]. A plan of the bungalow produced prior to construction is contained on folio 41. I...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
5 Jun 1934-5 Sep 1940
Extent:
1 file (311 folios)

393. IOR/R/15/6/60

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/60
Title:
File XXXVIII/1 Sur and the Amirs of Ja‘alan. Sur Affairs 1918 to 1925
Scope & Content:
The file contains extracts from work diaries, letters and reports related to tribal disturbances in Oman, mainly in Sur and Ja'alan [Ja'lan]. Rebelling against the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, the Amirs of Ja'alan [Emirs of Ja'lan] Bani Bu Ali claimed the right to rule over Sur and to pay no custo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Gujarati
Date Range:
25 Jul 1918-28 Aug 1925
Extent:
1 file (70 folios)

394. IOR/R/15/6/457, f 26

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/457, f 26
Title:
Site Plan Showing Proposed Power House & Various Government Buildings at Muscat to be fitted with Electric Lights & Fans
Scope & Content:
A simple street plan of the area of Muscat around the Political Agency building that shows buildings, roads and the sea wall. Buildings that were due to be fitted with electric lights and fans are shaded in pink.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948
Extent:
1 plan

395. IOR/R/15/6/460, f 16

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/460, f 16
Title:
Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
Scope & Content:
Simple plan of a small number of buildings centred around the telegraph office in Gwadur with roads, the sea and each building's function labelled.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 plan

396. IOR/R/15/6/460, f 33

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/460, f 33
Title:
Plan Showing Official Buildings at Gwadur with Proposed Site for Wireless Buildings
Scope & Content:
Simple plan of a small number of buildings centred around the telegraph office in Gwadur [Gwadar] with roads, the sea and each building's function labelled. The area proposed for the construction of a wireless building is marked in red.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 plan

397. IOR/R/15/6/29

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/29
Title:
File XXIII/5 Travels in Oman. Intending Travellers (1911 to 1922)
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between British officials related to two topics: A request made in 1911 by the Danish Legation in London (on behalf of the Royal Danish Geographical Society) for the British Government to support a proposed Danish expedition to Oman and Hadhramaut in Yemen. The ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jun 1911-17 Aug 1922
Extent:
1 file (15 folios)

398. IOR/R/15/6/118

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/118
Title:
‘File 2/42 AIR AGREEMENT BETWEEN U.K. & FRENCH GOVT.'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence concerning a draft agreement between the British and the French governments for the purpose of establishing certain reciprocal facilities for the operation of military flights in or over their territories. The file includes draft copies of the agreement in Englis...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
26 Jul 1946-11 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (64 folios)

399. IOR/R/15/6/129

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/129
Title:
File 4/3 SILVER JUBILEE MEDALS & KHARITAS
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the award to Saiyid Said bin Saiyid Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and others in Muscat and Oman, of the Silver Jubilee medal to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the coronation of King George V. The papers also concern the holding of durbars to c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1935-7 Sep 1935
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

400. IOR/R/15/6/136

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/136
Title:
File 5/4 1. Pradham Singh 2. Abdul Wahab 3. Mohamad Ishaq
Scope & Content:
The file title contains an inaccurate spelling: Pradham Singh should appear as Pradhan Singh. The file mainly concerns two employees of the Government of India Public Works Department (PWD) at Muscat: (1) Pradhan Singh (also referred to as Pardhan Singh), PWD Overseer at Muscat, who was the sub...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Sep 1936-1 Jul 1942
Extent:
1 file (118 folios)