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IOR/L/PS/12/2992
- Record Id:
- 040-000558032
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557989
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000218
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100046501852.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2992
- Title:
- Coll 20/32 'Muscat: Question of succession to Sultanate'
- Scope & Content:
-
Correspondence concerning the question of a successor for the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The principal correspondents are officials at the Political Agency in Muscat, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India (External Affairs Department).
The file contains:
- correspondence regarding the Sultan's wish to discuss the question of his successor with the Political Resident (folios 27-31)
- correspondence, including with Buckingham Palace, following the birth of the Sultan's son in 1940 conveying messages of congratulation and thanks (folios 10-23)
- correspondence, including with the Foreign Office, discussing the Sultan's request that a British Officer act as regent in the event of his early death (folios 3-9)
- an extract from Muscat Intelligence Summary No. 5, 16-29 February 1940, in which details of the visit to Muscat of Major Jenabi of the Iraq Air Force are given, including his questioning of the Political Agent over Iraqi press reports of the British role in the accession of the current Sultan (folio 26).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000557989
040-000558032 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/2951-3003 : Political (External) Collection 20: Muscat
IOR/L/PS/12/2992 : Coll 20/32 'Muscat: Question of succession to Sultanate' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0021]/037-000557989[0043]/040-000558032
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (30 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x000218
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 18 Jan 1939-17 May 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 32; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Former External References:
- Coll 20/30
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)