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1. IOR/R/15/6/71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/71
Title:
FILE NO: 1/1 ARMS TRAFFIC
Scope & Content:
The file contains telegrams, letters, and extracts from intelligence summaries related to arms trafficking in Oman. The main correspondence is related to the recovery of boxes of small arms ammunition that were recovered by local inhabitants from shallow water off Ras al-Hadd in Oman. They are s...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1946-1 Nov 1947
Extent:
1 file (97 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/70

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70
Title:
File 1/1 ARMS TRAFFIC Vol 1
Scope & Content:
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to arms trafficking in certain areas of the Trucial Coast, mainly Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. The Baluch in Oman were the main arm dealers smuggling arms from Dubai to Persia. This was...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Nov 1934-21 Apr 1946
Extent:
1 volume (291 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/70-71

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/70-71
Title:
File 1 Arms Traffic
Scope & Content:
The sub-sub-series ‘File 1 Arms Traffic’ consists of one volume (1/1), and one file (also 1/1). The correspondence in this sub-sub-series is related to arms trafficking in Oman mainly in Muscat, Sur, Sohar, Dubai, Khor Fakkan, Masirah, Suwaiq, Sharjah, and the Batinah coastal towns. Among the ma...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1934-1947
Extent:
2 files (388 folios)