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IOR/R/15/6/246
- Record Id:
- 040-000242742
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000015
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057843494.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/246
- Title:
- File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.
- Scope & Content:
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This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The notes include the following: a preliminary note on Shihuh politics, a list of villages and their chief personalities (with an illustrative sketch map), a diary of a trip taken by Thomas from Muscat to Khasab (4 January-10 March 1930), translations of letters from Shihuh shaikhs, and a summary of the present situation. Preceding Thomas's letter and notes are a series of excerpts on the tribe from former British officials and other sources.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242678
040-000242742 - 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/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/183-297 : File 8: Muscat State Affairs
IOR/R/15/6/246 : File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE. - Contains:
- IOR/R/15/6/246, f 11A : Sketch Map of North-Eastern Oman
Click here to View / search full list of parts of IOR/R/15/6/246 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0009]/038-000242678[0064]/040-000242742
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (26 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000015
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1930
- Date Range:
- 1930
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-27; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Subject files: File 8/63
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)