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File 8/51 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID TARIQ & SAIYID FAHR BIN TAIMUR.
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This file relates to family members of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Sa‘īd]. It contains correspondence regarding the Sultan's younger half-brothers, Saiyid Tarik bin Taimur [Tāriq bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and Saiyid Fahr bin Taimur [Fahr bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspo...
File 8/90 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ECONOMIC & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MUSCAT TERRITORY
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This file relates to British policy regarding economic, agricultural and industrial development in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. It begins with proposals from the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat for investigations into the possibilities of industrial development in three key areas: fish...
Letters Sent and Received by the Bushire Residency
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The volumes contain copies of correspondence sent to and from the Residency at Bushire, which was established on 12 April 1763 following the conclusion of a trade agreement with the Shaikh of Bushire. The Residency went into temporary abeyance from 1769 to 1775, owing to a deterioration in both ...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, printed reports, memoranda, and notes, relating to miscellaneous topics concerning the Kuwait Agency from August to December 1924. The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Ikhwan raids, 1924 Proposed land mail serv...
'File 73/7 II (D 22) Status of Koweit [Kuwait] - Baghdad railway, Anglo Turkish negotiations'
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, and memorandums pertaining to Anglo-Turkish negotiations brought on by the Baghdad Railway and particularly the extension to Basra. Correspondents include: Percy Cox, Political Resident at Bushire, William Shakespear, Political Agent at Kuwait, Edward Grey...
‘File 29/20 I Bahrein & Trucial Coast Stock Position and Statement of Bahrain Imports, Exports and re-exports of certain foodstuffs’
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This is a correspondence file about the importation of essential food commodities and cotton piece goods from India to Bahrain and the Trucial Coast ports of Dubai and Sharjah, under the quota system and the export licensing restrictions imposed by the Government of India during the Second World ...
‘File 16/44 Holidays observed by the Bahrain Government and other local offices. and their working hours and other changes in their personnel’
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Notices and memoranda from various institutions and commercial concerns in Bahrain, informing the Political Agency of office closures (in observance of Christian, Islamic, Jewish and Hindu festivals, bank holidays, and other occasions such as the King’s birthday) or changes to working hours. Not...
The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes, relating to a large number of miscellaneous topics: The discussion in the volume relates to the following topics: Expulsion of Hafidh Wahba from Bahrain, 1922. Proposals to reduce Gulf establishment, 1922. Rumours...
Outward Let[ters], Book No 42, 1st January 1826 to 31 July 1826
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The volume contains copies of letters sent out from the Residency, Bushire (with copies of enclosures where applicable). The correspondence is general, covering all aspects of the Residency's administrative functions.
Vol 177 Commerce and Miscellaneous letters inward and outward
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The file contains correspondence inwards and outwards from the Residency in the Persian Gulf, based at Bushire. The subjects covered includes the rules and regulations that British subjects are subject to when trading with, or within Persia; the resignation of Samuel Hennell as Resident in the P...
