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IOR/R/15/6/302
- Record Id:
- 040-000242799
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x00004d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060923766.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/302
- Title:
- File 9/1 A I Visits of H. E. The Naval Commander-in-Chief to Muscat & Correspondence
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence and other papers relating to visits by the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, to Muscat. The file covers several such visits and proposals for visits made between 1934 and 1949. They cover the following: notice of each visit, as well as any cancellations when they occurred; questions of gun salutes and gift exchange; lists of officers aboard visiting ships; programmes of events during the Commander-in-Chief's stay; and notice of changes in command at East Indies Station. Ships mentioned within the file include: HMS Hawkins, Shoreham, Norfolk, Danae, and Glasgow.
Correspondence comes from: the Office of Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station; the British Residency and Consulate-General, Bushire (later Bahrain); the Political Agency, Muscat; the Postmaster, Karachi; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf, Bahrain; the Office of the Commandant, Muscat Infantry; and Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Sultan of Muscat, and his representatives.
At the rear of the file are internal office notes (folios 104-105).
- 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
038-000242794
040-000242799 - 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/15/6/298-331 : File 9: Naval and Shipping
IOR/R/15/6/302 : File 9/1 A I Visits of H. E. The Naval Commander-in-Chief to Muscat & Correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0010]/038-000242794[0005]/040-000242799
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (104 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x00004d
- Thumbnail:
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1934
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 7 Nov 1934-27 Nov 1948
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 106; 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 17-101; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- File 9/1/A/1
- Arrangement:
-
The file is arranged in chronological order.
At the rear of the file are internal office notes (ff 104-105).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)
- Names:
- HMS Danae, 1918-1944
HMS Glasgow, 1936-1958
HMS Hawkins, heavy cruiser, 1917-1947
HMS Norfolk, heavy cruiser, 1928-1950
HMS Shoreham, sloop, 1930-1946
Royal Navy, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station, 1865-1941
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa‘īd Dynasty, 1861-1970
