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51. IOR/R/15/1/399

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/399
Title:
File 35/72 Troubles at Rostak created by Sheikh Asya bin Seleh el Harth and Seyyid Saeed bin Ibrahim
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning the fort at Rostaq. Correspondence discusses the alternatives for the Sultan to occupy the fort, the protection of British subjects in any armed conflict and the implications for the British policy of non-inteference; tribal politics and activities of Aysa bin Saleh. Th...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1903-20 Apr 1912
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/1/439

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/439
Title:
Matrah - Proposal to make it Port of Call for B.I. steamers instead of Muscat
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the merits of developing the port at Matrah [Muţraḩ] as a port of call for British India steamers as opposed to Muscat. Correspondence notes that the British Residency wished to move trade away from Dubai; the development of Khasab was considered and the lowering of re-e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Feb 1926-8 Jun 1926
Extent:
1 volume (21 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/1/411

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/411
Title:
File 35/86 IV Muscat Treaty
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Sa'id bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman signed in 1937 to replace a treaty signed in 1891. The file includes correspondence on municipal tax; prolongation of 1891 treaty; the Sultan's draft wit...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Oct 1937-15 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 Volume (204 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/1/405

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/405
Title:
File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the Hague Arbitration Tribunal which decided on questions referred to it by Great Britain and France concerning the flying of French flags by dhows in Sur. Before the 2nd January 1892 when the Brussels Conference General Act was ratified France was entitled to authoriz...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and French
Date Range:
15 Aug 1905-2 Apr 1906
Extent:
1 volume (290 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/1/419

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/419
Title:
File 35/87 VI A. 38 Muscat reforms, customs, finances
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the reform of customs and finance at Muscat. Includes the contract of the Financial Adviser, Bertram Thomas and the financial statements he prepared for the state of Muscat. Correspondents include Colonel Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Resident Persian Gulf; Ber...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1924-31 Dec 1927
Extent:
1 volume (217 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/1/442

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/442
Title:
File 35/134 II A 44 Jaalan. Amirs of.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the rebellion of the Sur area and issues of the extension of the authority of the Sultan of Muscat. Includes discussion by the Political Agent, Muscat of the creation of a protectorate in Muscat and Oman; a 'note on our present policy in Muscat'; questionnaire on plann...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1928-24 Jun 1930
Extent:
1 volume (220 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/1/445

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/445
Title:
Muscat. Desire of Sultan Taimur bin Faisal to Abdicate.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to abdication of Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Correspondence discusses how the Sultan had initially expressed a desire to abdicate in 1920 following the conclusion of the Omani rebellion and the Treaty of Sib. Correspondence rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
2 Jun 1929-29 Oct 1931
Extent:
1 volume (198 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/1/452

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/452
Title:
'Muscat. Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc, of'
Scope & Content:
Most of the correspondence relates to the appointment of a Financial Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat. Letters discuss Bertram Thomas role as Financial Adviser and his replacement by Stuart Edwin Hedgcock. Also discussed is Thomas' crossing of the Rub al Khali; possible recruitment of British off...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Dec 1927-27 Apr 1930
Extent:
1 volume (273 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/1/423

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/423
Title:
35/101 V (A 49) Muscat Miscellaneous
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses miscellaneous topics including: The Amirs of Jaalan [Ja’alān] and their claim to be treated as an independent state along with the rebuttal of these claims. Kidnapping of Kersandas Lalji and visit to Sur in 1926 by Major Cyril Charles Johnson Barrett, Political Agent Mus...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
28 Dec 1925-19 Mar 1928
Extent:
1 volume (118 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/1/448

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/448
Title:
‘File 35/137 I (A 57) Muscat budget’
Scope & Content:
The volume contains copies of various budget reports for the State of Muscat, forwarded by the Political Agent Muscat to the Political Resident during the period July 1927 to March 1932. The list of reports sent to the Political Resident are as follows: Six-month statement of actual revenues and...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Aug 1927-13 May 1932
Extent:
1 volume (235 folios)

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