File 6-D/5 Foreign Interests: Persian Consul's Visit to Gwadar
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence concerning a visit to Gwadur made by A H Meftah, the Persian Vice-Consul in Quetta without permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa'id bin Taymur Al Bu Sa'id. The correspondence in the file is mainly between officials at the British Agency in Gwadur, th...
File 8/44 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: APPOINTMENT OF CONSUL IN INDIA.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] interest in appointing a Muscat Consul in India, specifically in Bombay. It features the following correspondents: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; officials of th...
Correspondence and other papers relating to the visits of British Navy vessels to Muscat and other ports and islands within Muscat territories. Most of the papers are notifications of the arrival and departure of HM ships into and out of Muscat. Particular attention is given to the official visi...
File 13/4 'ACTIVITIES OF SLAVE RUNNERS IN MUSCAT TERRITORY (MIR HASSAN)'
Scope & Content:
The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to slave running in Muscat territory, in particular in the area near the customs post at Suwaiq. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent, Muscat, and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to oil concessions in Muscat territory. The discussion in the volume relates to the following issues: Agreement between HM Government and Petroleum Concessions Ltd (ff 17-19) Sultan's negotiations with Pe...
File 14/3 OIL FIELDS IN THE GULF OUTSIDE MUSCAT TERRITORY
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to negotiations for concessions to undertake oil exploration in the Gulf. The file includes (ff 5-9) a letter from the Secretary of State for India, London, to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle). This letter has...
File 19/75, 189, 220, 223 Complaint of Shaikh Hamad ibn Muhammad Al Khalifa against Shaikh `Isa; Shaikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Khalifa; presentation of Kharita to Shaikh of Bahrain; correspondence about Bahrain ruling family
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The correspondence contained in this file is divided into four sections: (19/75) Correspondence between 1899 and 1933 regarding a complaint made by Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa regarding the estate of his late father, a previous ruler of Bahrain, Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. (19/18...
'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.'
Scope & Content:
This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows: A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An...
Imprint: A.H.Q. [Air Headquarters] Drawing Office Iraq. Drawn by Aprim Bet-Benjamin, Nov. 1935. Distinctive Features: Relief shown by hachures. Map showing the Qatar Peninsula and central part of the Eastern Province Saudi Arabia. Numerous notations concerning terrain features cover the fa...
'File 28/1 Persian Gulf Residency Bushire Office Records. Births, Marriages & Deaths, Correspondence of'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and telegrams between the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the State Department in Washington and several individuals interested in regard to births and marriages of British and American nationals in Bahrain.
