‘File 2/21 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3K) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Baital. Falaj.’
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The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and telegrams related to the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) request for the acquisition of land to establish a landing ground at Bait Al-Falaj, and their request to obtain the Government of Muscat and Oman’s permission for the work to take place...
File 8/27 I '1. H.H. the SULTAN. 2. SULTAN'S VISITS TO INDIA & EUROPE. 1932-1937.
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This volume concerns the affairs and travels of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence includes details of unofficial visits to India by the Sultan during the summer months of 1932, 1934 and 1935, including proposed itineraries and arrangements for the h...
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME II Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to the sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Claims for compensation The effect of the wreck of the Dahpu Salvage of foodstuffs, planking and armaments Defensive measures to count...
FILE NO: 16/19 VOLUME III Sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat Harbour
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The file comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a the sinking of SS Dahpu in Muscat harbour. Issues discussed include: Claims for compensation The effect of the wreck of the Dahpu on anchorage in Muscat harbour Attempt at salvage of the wreck of SS Da...
‘File 5/194 I,195 I, 179 III, 169 II, 104 IV Kidnapping of individuals; manumission of slaves at Kuwait and Bushire; miscellaneous slavery cases’
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The volume contains miscellaneous slave trade correspondence, distilled from a number of original subject files, covering a disparate range of slavery related from a four-decade period. The contents of the original subject file 5/194 I relate to an incident in 1924 in which twenty-five members o...
14/101 I Arab Coast. Difference between the Chiefs of Shargah and Debai over the Headman of Fujeira
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Correspondence relating to the attitude of the Shaikh of Fujairah. The Political Agent, Muscat went to Fujairah in HMS Redbreast and found that the Shaikh was loathe to recognize that he was tributary to Sharjah. Correspondence discusses the brokering of an agreement by the Political Resident an...
File 6/50 Claim for exemption of taxation by Muhammad bin Subah al bin Ali of the Bin `Ali tribe
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The file contains correspondence related to a claim for exemption from taxation by Muhammad bin Subah, leader of the Al Bin Ali tribe. The correspondence is between the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Charles Dalrymple Belgrave), the Political Agency in Bahrain, and the Political Residency...
British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States
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The volume is British Enactments in Force in Native States, Volume V: Orders relating to Railways in Native States. Originally compiled by John Molesworth Macpherson, Secretary of the Government of India, Legislative Department, it was revised and continued up to 15 August 1899 by A Williams, fo...
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
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This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Penin...
File 8/43 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: POLITICS & RELATIONS OF MUSCAT WITH OTHER ARAB CHIEFS – BORDERS: WADI AL QAUR, KALBA & RAS AL KHAIMAH
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This file concerns British policy regarding the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's relations with the chiefs of the Trucial coast and other Arab chiefs. The file mostly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat and the Political Residency in Bushire, which follows the ...
