IOR/R/15/6/282

This file relates to the agricultural and industrial development of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The first half of the file concerns a report on the land resources of the province of Dhofar (also spelled as Dhufar), produced by Brian Joseph Hartley, Director of Agriculture, Aden. A copy of the report, dated 20 March 1948 and entitled 'A Preliminary Survey of the Land Resources of the Dhufar Province, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman', is included in the file, along with a series of photographs depicting water supplies, examples of irrigation farming, palm and olive groves, and cattle (ff 37-60).

The second half of the file primarily concerns a visit to Dhofar by consulting geologist Sir Cyril Sankey Fox, to examine lead ore deposits, after being granted a mineral prospecting licence by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].

The file's principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Foreign Office; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; Sir Cyril Sankey Fox.