The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, notes, and press cuttings relating to the construction of the Baghdad railway. Topics discussed include: the visit of engineers to survey German alignment; Baghdad Railway (1911) Command Paper 5635 (ff 10-48); the draft Anglo...
Correspondence and papers concerning negotiations over the drafting of trade, Bon Voisinage and extradition treaties between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, in an effort to lift the trade blockade, imposed upon Kuwait at the orders of the King of Saudi Arabia, ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣa...
File 13/7 'Japanese Trawlers for the Persian Gulf'
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The file contains correspondence regarding measures under consideration by the British government for preventing encroachments by Japanese and other foreign vessels on Arab pearl fisheries in the Persian Gulf. The correspondence is between: J P Gibson of the India Office, and T V Brennan and La...
This file concerns arrangements for payments of the Zanzibar subsidy by the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments, refunds, and receipts. Also discussed are details relating to a War Subsidy, to be paid from 1 May 1940 onwa...
This file concerns the position of Director-General of Customs, in the Government of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence covers the following: the return from leave of the current occupant of the position, M A Rashid (in post since 1946, on deputation from the Government of British India, now th...
Continuing on from the previous file [IOR/R/15/6/202], this file relates to Mohammad Abu Rashid, Director-General of Customs in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, who was employed on deputation from Customs House, Calcutta. Rashid's service in Muscat began in May 1946, and was extended in May 1...
Continuing on from the previous file (IOR/R/15/6/268), this file mainly concerns the deputation of Pakistan Army officers with the Muscat Infantry (also referred to as the Muscat Levy Corps). Matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the possibility of extending the deputati...
File 8/95 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, GWADUR.
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This file concerns medical and educational facilities in Muscat-controlled Gwadur [Gwadar]. Most of the correspondence relates to the recruitment of staff, specifically regarding the following positions: sanitary inspector, medical officer, compounder, English teacher, and Urdu teacher. The corr...
File 8/96 Muscat State Affairs: Landing contract, Muscat
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This file relates to port facilities at Muscat. It includes discussion of landing contracts and delays to the offloading of cargo at Muscat. Matters covered include the following: a contract for the landing of cargo, agreed between the Muscat Government and the Oman Trading Company on 1 Octobe...
This file relates to the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Muscat Government. The correspondence mainly concerns a request for ammunition, for use by the Muscat Infantry, which is received by the British Government from Charles Kendall and Partners, acting on behalf...
