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1. IOR/R/15/6/122-127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122-127
Title:
File 3 Books and Publications
Scope & Content:
The Subject files File 3 (Books and Publications) sub-sub-series of the Political Agency, Muscat covers the following information relating to Muscat and Oman: customary law, charts and maps, land routes, and transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
1929-1939
Extent:
6 files (184 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/6/123

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/123
Title:
File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: B. MAPS.
Scope & Content:
The file contains covering letters and acknowledgements concerning maps. The maps concerned are: (1) blueprints of certain panoramic sketches drawn by Major Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, Political Agent, Muscat, in the course of reconnaissances in the southern waters of Muscat and Oman (sent...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Mar 1934-12 May 1935
Extent:
1 file (9 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/6/124

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/124
Title:
File 3/3 Books etc.
Scope & Content:
The file contains the following title at the top of the notes (folio 13): 'BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS: MAPS.' The file contains correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and other British officials, concerning the despatch to the Political Agency, Muscat of miscellaneous charts...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Nov 1936-20 Dec 1947
Extent:
1 file (12 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/6/127

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/127
Title:
[Un-numbered file] Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places
Scope & Content:
Unnumbered file: the file is numbered 5308, but clearly belongs in this series. The file concerns a request from the India Office for revisions to the Second List of Names in Arabia (N.E. and S.E.), by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (Royal Geographical So...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Apr 1936-1 Oct 1939
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/6/122

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/122
Title:
File 3/3 BOOKS ETC: ARAB DESERT LAW
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers describing customary, or 'desert' law, as practiced in Arab states and amongst Bedouin tribes. The papers were prepared in response to requests for information from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The papers include: notes on the subject by Lieutenant-Colone...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1929-2 Oct 1929
Extent:
1 file (22 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/6/125

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/125
Title:
File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN
Scope & Content:
The file contains descriptions of eleven routes in Muscat and Oman, and the Trucial Coast, drawing on various sources of information. The entry for each route gives a general description, the distance, and the number of stages/approximate travelling time. The routes are: Dibah to Ras al Khaimah ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1935
Extent:
1 file (34 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/126

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/126
Title:
File 3/8 Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places.
Scope & Content:
The file contains papers of the Political Agency, Muscat, concerning the transliteration of personal and place names in India and the Persian Gulf. The papers were compiled in response to requests from the Government of India for standardisation in the translation of vernacular names. The paper...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, Pashto, and Persian
Date Range:
25 Mar 1903-10 Dec 1932
Extent:
1 file (81 folios)