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IOR/R/15/1/391-467
- Record Id:
- 038-000227841
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000061.0x00006f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/391-467
- Title:
- File 35: Muscat
- Scope & Content:
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The Muscat files cover a large number of topics in the period 1895 - 1946. The files contain correspondence concerning the nature of British involvement with Muscat. Key topics include the foreign relations of Muscat, rebellions against the Sultan, negotiation of a new British commercial treaty with Muscat and the arbitration over the flying of French flags on Muscat dhows.
The files also contain correspondence regarding the development of the Muscat Levy Corps and the reform of the state budget in the 1920s; the abdication of Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] and the accession of Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]; the development of mineral resources in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227841 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/391-467 : File 35: Muscat - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/1/391 : File 35/10 Attack on Muscat by Shaikh Salih, 1895
IOR/R/15/1/392 : File 35/16, 40 Attack on Sohar; Jannabah disturbances at Sur
IOR/R/15/1/393 : File 35/17 I Attack on Dhufar
IOR/R/15/1/394 : File 35/23 Continuation of rebellion by Shaikh Salih; measures adopted for compensating the sufferers
IOR/R/15/1/395 : File 35/30 Expedition by the Sultan against the Beni Ruaheh tribe and His Highness' Request for a Loan from the Government of…
IOR/R/15/1/396 : File 35/34 I Muskat: Grievances of the Banians about notification issued by the Sultan fixing 19 maund as the weight of a rice bag
IOR/R/15/1/397 : File 35/64 III Minerals in Oman. Madrasai geologists' researches
IOR/R/15/1/398 : File 35/64 Mineral deposits in Dhofar
IOR/R/15/1/399 : File 35/72 Troubles at Rostak created by Sheikh Asya bin Seleh el Harth and Seyyid Saeed bin Ibrahim
IOR/R/15/1/400 : File 35/84 I A. 5. Muscat Treaty of 1891; lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station
IOR/R/15/1/401 : File 35/84 II A. 6. Mascat ultimatum of Feb 1899
IOR/R/15/1/402 : File 35/84 III (A 7) Miscellaneous Muscat correspondence
IOR/R/15/1/403 : File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question
IOR/R/15/1/404 : Muscat French Flag Question
IOR/R/15/1/405 : File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question
IOR/R/15/1/406 : Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case…
IOR/R/15/1/407 : File 35/85 IV A 11 Muscat Dhows Arbitration
IOR/R/15/1/408 : File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905
IOR/R/15/1/409 : File 35/86 II A 45 Muscat - Commercial Treaty of 1891 and revision of treaty 1922
IOR/R/15/1/410 : File 35/86 III A. 74. Muscat Treaty
IOR/R/15/1/411 : File 35/86 IV Muscat Treaty
IOR/R/15/1/412 : File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty
IOR/R/15/1/413 : Muscat Treaty
IOR/R/15/1/414 : File 35/86 VII (A 82) Muscat Treaty
IOR/R/15/1/415 : File 35/86 VIII Muscat Treaty
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- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0011]/038-000227841
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 77 files (12,788 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1895
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 1895-1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- The Muscat files are arranged by file and part number, in which, for example, the reference 35/86 IV is composed of the subject reference 35 (Muscat), the file number 86 and the part number IV. Numbers in brackets after the reference show that the file also formed part of the 'Confidential' series held at the Residency in Bushire.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970
- Subjects:
- Zanzibar subsidy
- Places:
- Muscat, Arabian Peninsula, Asia