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IOR/R/15/1/431
- Record Id:
- 040-000227882
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000194
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023490617.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/431
- Title:
- ‘File 35/106 (A 43) Exclusive Treaty with Masqat’
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains confidential correspondence, chiefly exchanged between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Major Stuart George Knox, and the Political Agent at Muscat, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Edward Benn, on British policy with regard to the Sultan of Muscat’s [Taymūr bin Fayṣal] relations with foreign powers. Correspondence chiefly concerns: tensions between Muscat and tribes in Oman; the growing German commercial presence in the Gulf; British concern at the prospect of the Sultan of Muscat signing a commercial treaty with Germany; discussion of elevating the French position at Muscat to counter German influence.
- 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
040-000227882 - 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
IOR/R/15/1/431 : ‘File 35/106 (A 43) Exclusive Treaty with Masqat’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0011]/038-000227841[0041]/040-000227882
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (21 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000194
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1913
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 31 Dec 1913-12 Jan 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: The foliation sequence begins on the first folio and ends on the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil or blue crayon, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 1B and 1C.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 35/106
Confidential Series: A 43 - Arrangement:
- The volume’s contents are arranged in chronological order, from the earliest item at the front to the latest at the end.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)