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431. IOR/R/15/6/314

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/314
Title:
File 9/19 Naval & Shipping: Limits of Persian Territorial Waters
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a Persian claim to a ten mile limit to their territorial waters. The papers cover the discussion of what action should be taken in response. The correspondence comes from officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, the Foreign Office, the British Legation i...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Mar 1934-16 Jun 1934
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)

432. IOR/R/15/6/348

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/348
Title:
File 11/15 Captain Eccles' Report on the Interior of Oman
Scope & Content:
This file contains a report compiled by Captain George J Eccles commandant at the Muscat Infantry on the interior of Oman in November and December of 1926. The file contains a detailed description of the expedition let by Eccles and included geologists and members of the National History Society....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 May 1926-10 May 1926
Extent:
1 file (46 folios)

433. IOR/R/15/6/390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/390
Title:
File 11/40 Sa'udi Arabian Negotiations with H.M. Government
Scope & Content:
This file contains copies of correspondence exchanged between the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in London and HM Minister in Jedda [Jeddah] regarding negotiations between the governments of Britain and Saudi Arabia. These negotiations related to a number of different issues including ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Jan 1935-23 Jan 1935
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

434. IOR/R/15/6/408

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/408
Title:
File 12/3 I MAIL SERVICE - MUSCAT & GWADUR
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the operation of mail services to and from Muscat and Oman. The papers include: correspondence concerning the Muscat Political Agency launch; proposals for an air mail service between Muscat and India via Bahrain; the operation of a commercial contract for carrying mail by lau...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Jan 1945-6 Dec 1948
Extent:
1 file (181 folios)

435. IOR/R/15/6/23

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/23
Title:
File XVIII/2 COAL, MINING RIGHTS AND MONOPOLIES Expedition to the neighbourhood of Sur, 1901.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegraphs, letters and reports regarding the possibility of establishing a coal trade with the coast of Oman in the district of Sur. The correspondence is mainly between the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, and the Unde...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
18 May 1900-17 Jun 1902
Extent:
1 volume (159 folios)

436. IOR/R/15/6/52

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/52
Title:
File XXXIII/11-A Affairs of the Ruling Family Sultan's Abdication Oct. 1919 to Nov. 1929.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the latter’s visit to India and his subsequent proposal to reside there and to abdicate the Sul...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1919-10 Nov 1929
Extent:
1 file (239 folios)

437. IOR/R/15/6/451

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/451
Title:
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME I Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking in June 1943 of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Reports of the sinking The investigation into the cause of the sinking and list of casualties Organisation of a guard o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Jun 1943-27 Jul 1943
Extent:
1 file (110 folios)

438. IOR/R/15/6/103

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/103
Title:
‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
Scope & Content:
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1933-19 Aug 1934
Extent:
1 file (80 folios)

439. IOR/R/15/6/311

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/311
Title:
File 9/5 II R. N. Facilities in Sultanate: Khor Kuwai; (ii) Little Quoin Islands
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and other papers concerning Royal Navy facilities in the territories of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The papers cover: the sale of naval property at Khor Kuwai (in continuation of IOR/R/15/6/310); the reversal of a decision to evacuate the base at Khor Kuwai and the subsequen...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Feb 1951-21 Jun 1951
Extent:
1 file (24 folios)

440. IOR/R/15/6/312

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/312
Title:
File 9/6 Naval & Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island & Um Al Quwain
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning a proposal to land a survey party on the mainland of Oman in the vicinity of the Kuria Muria Islands. The papers cover the request for permission to make the landing and the advice that no such landing should be attempted due to the lawlessness of the area. The correspon...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
11 Mar 1931-26 May 1931
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)