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401. IOR/R/15/6/326

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/326
Title:
File 9/7 Shipping, Naval & Marine: Muscat Lighthouse and Leading Light
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the maintenance and improvement of the lighthouse and other lighting at Muscat. The papers deal with a number of matters, including: a proposal to charge a levy on all shipping in the Gulf for the use of lighting and buoying; requests for replacement parts for lighting ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Oct 1923-23 Oct 1935
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

402. IOR/R/15/6/444

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/444
Title:
FILE NO: 14/14 name; BANK FOR MUSCAT (IMPERIAL BANK OF IRAN & THE PERSIAN GULF)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda and notes concerning the establishment of banks in the Gulf including Dubai, Kuwait, and Muscat. Issues discussed in the correspondence include: Concerns relating to the establishment of the 'India and Persian Gulf Bank Limit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jun 1945-1 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (215 folios)

403. IOR/R/15/6/190

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/190
Title:
File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939
Scope & Content:
This volume relates to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence is primarily concerned with the Sultanate's customs tariffs. It features extensive discussion between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and officials of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
8 Apr 1930-23 Jul 1940
Extent:
1 volume (372 folios)

404. IOR/R/15/6/195

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/195
Title:
File 8/14 I MUSCAT FINANCE, REVENUE, TAXES. BUDGETS.
Scope & Content:
This volume concerns matters relating to the finances of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, including its budgets and its revenue. It is largely comprised of copies of various kinds of financial statements, produced by the Government of Muscat's Director of Revenues and forwarded to the Political...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 May 1934-12 Aug 1940
Extent:
1 volume (237 folios)

405. IOR/R/15/6/209

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/209
Title:
'File 8/22 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: KHASAB – SHAIKH HASSAN SHIHUH'
Scope & Content:
This file relates to former occupants of the posts Wali of Khasab and Shaikh of Khasab, in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence primarily concerns Shaikh Hasan bin Muhammad, a former Shaikh of Khasab who was sentenced to twenty-two months' imprisonment by the Government of Muscat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Sep 1930-29 Mar 1933
Extent:
1 file (100 folios)

406. IOR/R/15/6/229

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/229
Title:
File 8/50 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID ALI BIN FAISAL.
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/228], this file concerns Saiyid Ali bin Faisal [Sayyid ‘Alī bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], uncle of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], who was admitted to a Government of India mental hospital at Yeravda (also ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1945-15 Jun 1948
Extent:
1 file (219 folios)

407. IOR/R/15/6/237

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/237
Title:
File 8/56 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID HAMOOD BIN FAISAL
Scope & Content:
This file relates to Sayyid Hamoud bin Faisal [Sayyid Hamūd bin Fayṣal Āl Bū Sa‘īd], an uncle of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and a resident of Zanzibar. The correspondence concerns a request from Hamoud bin Faisal for the renewal of his monthly allowance (also...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Jan 1943-16 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

408. IOR/R/15/6/250

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/250
Title:
'File 8/64 II SULTAN'S RELATIONS WITH HIS TRIBES.'
Scope & Content:
This file covers internal politics in and around the Sultanate of Muscat Oman. Much of the correspondence concerns the extent of control (or lack thereof) exercised by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in the Omani interior. Related matters of discussion include the fo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Feb 1950-31 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (50 folios)

409. IOR/R/15/6/258

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/258
Title:
File 8/65 VI RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY 1939
Scope & Content:
This file relates to the renewal of the Commercial Treaty between Britain and Muscat. The original treaty of 1891 was given a term of twelve years, which was extended at regular intervals afterwards, initially for several years at a time and later on an annual basis. In 1939 a replacement treaty...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1948-19 Nov 1949
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

410. IOR/R/15/6/262

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/262
Title:
File 8/65 X RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY
Scope & Content:
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/261), this file relates to the conclusion of a new Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Britain and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Polit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Oct 1951-4 Feb 1952
Extent:
1 file (195 folios)