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431. IOR/R/15/1/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/419
Title:
File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat. Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Ber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1924-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

432. IOR/R/15/1/442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/442
Title:
File 35/134 II A 44 Jaalan. Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the rebellion of the Sur area and issues of the extension of the authority of the Sultan of Muscat. Includes discussion by the Political Agent, Muscat of the creation of a protectorate in Muscat and Oman; a 'note on our present policy in Muscat'; questionnaire on plann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1928-24 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

433. IOR/R/15/1/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/445
Title:
Muscat. Desire of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal to Abdicate.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to abdication of Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence discusses how the Sultan had initially expressed a desire to abdicate in 1920 following the conclusion of the Omani rebellion and the Treaty of Sib. Correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1929-29 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

434. IOR/R/15/1/452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/452
Title:
'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
Scope & Content:
Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

435. IOR/R/15/1/271

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/271
Title:
Confidential B.27. File No. 14/168 Ownership of Halul Island and Mica at Halul.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the ownership of the island of Halul which appeared to be visited by boats from Bahrain, Qatar, and the Trucial Coast with no one claiming exclusive rights. Reference is made to a letter from Captain A. Cotton Way, First Assistant to the Political Resident Persian Gulf c...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Feb 1913-28 Jul 1920
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

436. IOR/R/15/1/305

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/305
Title:
File 18/77 (B Series 18/11) Annual Report on the Working of the Bahrain Order in Council
Scope & Content:
Annual Reports of the Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Political Resident, Persian Gulf on the working of The Bahrain Order in Council, 1913 (and subsequent amendments) for the years 1921-1947 inclusive. The Reports give information on the number and nature of civil suits and criminal cases under...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Apr 1922-14 Mar 1948
Extent:
1 file (112 folios)

437. IOR/R/15/1/384

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/384
Title:
File 26/94 (F 26) Mohammerah; Shaikh Khazal's offer re: building of Ahwaz Consulate
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence relating to plans and a proposal to build a British consulate at Ahwaz. The correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire; David Lorimer and Lieutenant James Gabriel Lancaster Ranking, Vice-Consul and Acting Vice-Consul for Arabistan at Ahwaz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English and Persian
Date Range:
29 Jan 1905-8 Dec 1909
Extent:
1 volume (143 folios)

438. IOR/R/15/1/285

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/285
Title:
14/225 I B 37 Unrest at Dubai and Trucial Coast Policy
Scope & Content:
Correspondence dealing with the unrest at Dubai due to the attempts on the life of Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum by his cousins Shaikhs Rashid and Buti and their efforts to usurp him. The file includes a genealogical map of the family of Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktoum. Letters discuss how the British govern...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
7 Nov 1934-12 Mar 1936
Extent:
1 volume (169 folios)

439. IOR/R/15/1/292

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/292
Title:
File 14/262 Camel dispute between Shaikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Scope & Content:
This file concerns a conflict between Abu Dhabi and Dubai over their eastern border and consists of correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain (William Rupert Hay; A.C. Galloway); Political Agent, Bahrain (Cornelius James Pelly); Residency Agent, Sharjah (Jasim ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Aug 1946-17 Jul 1948
Extent:
1 Volume (52 folios)

440. IOR/R/15/1/471

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/471
Title:
File 53/1, 3, 5, 6 A (D 1) Koweit [Kuwait] affairs, 1896-1901
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence between various British officials regarding political affairs in Kuwait. The file includes copies of direct correspondence between Shaikh Mubārak Āl Ṣabāḥ, the ruler of Kuwait and British officials regarding Mubarak's desire for British protection and the natu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Jul 1896-3 Oct 1900
Extent:

1 volume (387 folios)