IOR/R/15/6/236

This file concerns members of the ruling family of Muscat. Most of the file relates to the financial affairs of Dhiyab bin Fahad [Dhiyab bin Fahad bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd], a cousin of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The correspondence begins with a request from Dhiyab bin Fahad for his allowance to be sent to occupied Paris, where he is residing. Also covered in the correspondence are the following related matters: the possibility of Dhiyab bin Fahad leaving occupied France in order to receive payment of his allowance, following the British Government's refusal to make payments in an enemy-occupied country; the British Government's decision to waive the restrictions on remittances to enemy-occupied territories so that Dhiyab bin Fahad can receive his allowance in Paris; the death of Dhiyab bin Fahad's mother in Zanzibar, and the administration of her estate; the death of Dhiyab bin Fahad, at Bobigny Hospital, in Paris, on 30 January 1945; details of debts incurred by Dhiyab bin Fahad.

Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Secretary of State for India; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; officials of the British Embassy in Paris, the India Office, the Foreign Office, and the Government of India.

The Arabic language material consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The file also contains a small amount of correspondence in French.