IOR/L/PS/12/2195/1

Correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition, received from Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd, the Sultan of Muscat. Following an initial request for a Vickers-Berthier Machine Rifle to equip the Muscat Levy Corps, the correspondence discusses the following: the Sultan's visit to Chatham; his subsequent request for naval guns; a request for weapons catalogues; the design of a field carriage for the Sultan's naval Hotchkiss gun; and arrangements for export licences and the transportation of goods. The file also contains copies of a brief telegraphic correspondence between the Sultan and the French Premier Édouard Daladier, regarding the supply of rifle chargers.

The principal correspondents are: the India Office Political Department; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Admiralty; the Foreign Office; and the Sultan of Muscat.

A report by Major Trenchard Craven William Fowle on the armament levels and requirements of the Muscat Levy Corps can be found at folios 95-97.