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IOR/L/PS/12/2999
- Record Id:
- 040-000558039
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000557989
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00021f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049619820.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/2999
- Title:
- Coll 20/39 'Muscat: Tours of Political Agent; General Situation in Oman; Including assistance to Sultan of Muscat - RAF support'
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence, notes, and minutes relating to the situation in the interior of Oman. The papers cover the following matters:
- the Sultan's ambition to assert his authority over the tribes of the interior of Oman due to the Imam's ill health
- the question of what military (arms and personnel) support the British should provide for the Sultan, including the appointment of a Military Adviser and a cash subsidy
- the financial responsibility for such support
- the question of whether to provide Royal Air Force (RAF) support to the Sultan
- the question of securing the co-operation of the tribes of the interior for the development of oil resources in the region.
Principal correspondents include officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, India Office, Government of India (External Affairs Department), Admiralty, War Office, Treasury, Ministry of Fuel and Power (Petroleum Department), Foreign Office, and Air Ministry.
Also contained in the file are the following reports:
- 'Report on a Visit to Sur in August 1940' by Tom Hickinbotham, Political Agent at Muscat, with a letter to the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf regarding fresh water sources in the area, dated 27 August 1940 (folios 137-140)
- Report on a trip to Jabal Akhdhar by Arnold Crawshaw Galloway, Political Agent at Muscat, dated 18 March 1945 (folios 131-34, with sketch map on folio 127).
- 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
040-000558039 - 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/12/2999 : Coll 20/39 'Muscat: Tours of Political Agent; General Situation in Oman; Including assistance to Sultan of Muscat - RAF… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0021]/037-000557989[0050]/040-000558039
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (138 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000602.0x00021f
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 30 Dec 1940-19 Oct 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- 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 140; 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 20/39
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)