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51. IOR/R/15/6/51

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/51
Title:
File XXXIII/4 H. H. Saiyid Faisal's proposal to abdicate and take British Protection from Saiyid Taimur 1903.
Scope & Content:
The file contains a letter sent by the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in which he reports on his interview with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the latter’s proposal to abdicate in favour of his son Saiyid Taimur bin Fai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
26 Oct 1903-27 Oct 1923
Extent:
1 file (5 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/6/54

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/54
Title:
'File 23/II-B-Vol II ABDICATION of SULTAN SAIYID TAIMUR & ACCESSION of SAIYID SAID Nov. 1931- Dec. 1932.’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports related to the abdication of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īdi and the succession of his son, Sa‘id bin Taymūr in 1932. The correspondence is concerned with the financial difficulty the abd...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Nov 1931-2 Feb 1933
Extent:
1 volume (115 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/6/53

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/53
Title:
File XXXIII/11B (i) ABDICATION of SULTAN. DECEMBER 1929. (ii) SULTAN’S TOUR of DEHRA DUN. (iii) VISIT by MAJOR FOWLE. (iv) SAIYID SAID’S ILLNESS. DEC 1929- JUNE 1932.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters and reports between the Political Agency, Muscat, the Political Residency, Bushire, the Government of India Foreign and Political Department, New Delhi, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taymur bin Fayṣal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi regarding t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1920-6 Jun 1932
Extent:
1 volume (222 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/6/65

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/65
Title:
‘File XXXVIII/5 REPORT ON SUR. By MAJOR G. P. MURPHY., I.A. P. A., MUSCAT. 10-10-1928.’
Scope & Content:
The volume includes four copies of a report on Sur (ff 1-10, ff 13-23, ff 44-94 and ff 99-146) prepared by the Political Agent, Muscat, Major Gerald Patrick Murphy. The report is dated 25 October 1928 and it covers the affairs at Sur from the early 1800s up until the late 1920s. The table of con...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1928-25 Oct 1928
Extent:
1 volume (146 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/6/27

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/27
Title:
File XXIII/1 British Consulate Muscat, Travels in Oman, 1894-1900
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a proposed journey from Muscat across southern Arabia to Hadhramaut in Yemen by the explorer, James Theodore Bent. The correspondence focuses on Bent's request for an Indian surveyor in the employ of the Government of India to accompany him on the tr...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Aug 1894-25 Nov 1894
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/6/32

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/32
Title:
File XXV/3 Arabian Politics (including Iraq). Arab Revolt in the Hejaz against the Turks, 1916
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence and reports related to the British Government's response to the announcement of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire in 1916 (folios 2-14) and to political-military developments in the Hejaz between 1924 and 1926, notably the conquest of Jeddah and the fal...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jun 1916-17 Jun 1926
Extent:
1 file (243 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/6/55

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/55
Title:
File XXXIII/12. EDUCATION of SAIYID SAID BIN TAIMUR 1916-1926.
Scope & Content:
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters between British officials in Muscat, Bushire and Simla, and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi, regarding the education of his son Sa‘id bin Taimur, who was born in 10 August 1910. Initially, the Sultan was keen ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 May 1916-9 Sep 1927
Extent:
1 volume (63 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/6/24

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/24
Title:
File XVIII/4 coal, mining rights and monopolies Anglo- Persian Oil Company, 1921 to 1928.
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence related to the request raised by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to get exclusive prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. British officials reported the importance of securing an agreement from the Sultan of Muscat, similar to the convention made with other Gulf sha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
27 Oct 1913-23 Jun 1928
Extent:
1 file (252 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/6/50

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/50
Title:
File XXXIII/1 Affairs of the Ruling Family Succession and Recognition of Saiyid Faisal, 1888.
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, and reports regarding the issue of the succession to the Sultan of Muscat, Turki bin Said al-Bu Sa‘idi and the discussion on whether to recognise his son Faysal as a ruler or not, and the fear of the rise of the Sharqiyya tribes led by Shaikh Salih bin Ali al-Harthi....
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18 Jun 1888-23 Feb 1890
Extent:
1 file (44 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/6/30

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/30
Title:
File XXIII/8 'Travels in Oman. Visit of B. Thomas to the Musandam Peninsula. 1928. Notes on Shihuh dialects & people, also Kumzaris'
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 file (31 folios)

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