Abstract: This file consists of two annual administration reports for the year 1948, one for the Political Agency in Muscat (folios 4-15) and the other for the Political Agency in Bahrain incorporating the Trucial Coast and Qatar (folios 16-42).These two reports cover the following topics:Ruling FamilyEducationAgricultureMedicalOilTradePolitical SituationCustomsPublic WorksFinancialCommunicationsVisitorsPhysical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 43; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file consists of copies of the annual 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf' prepared by the Political Residency in Bushire for the years 1939-1945.These annual reports are divided up into a number of separate reports for different geographical areas, usually as follows:Administration Report for Bushire AreaAdministration Report for Kerman & YazdAdministration Report for Bandar AbbasAdministration Report for Kuwait AgencyAdministration Report for Bahrain AgencyAdministration Report for Political Agency, MuscatAdministration Report for Trucial CoastAdministration Report for Khorramshahr ConsulateThese separate reports are themselves broken down into a number of sub-sections that vary according to each report, but include the following topics:PersonnelVisitorsForeign RepresentativesBritish InterestsLocal AdministrationTransportEducationMilitaryAviationPolitical SituationTradeMedicalMeteorologicalThe reports are all introduced by a short review of the year written by the Political Resident.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 574; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 1-571; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon and, where circled, are crossed through.
Abstract: Memorandum detailing the classification of the Arabian tribes inhabiting Oman including history on how the tribes came to Oman, how they developed and how they became known as the Hinawi and Ghafiri tribes.The accompanying table to the memorandum is entitled 'Principal tribes of Omân - Hinâwî Division and Ghâfiri Division' and details the adjective, collective and plural forms of the tribes names; their religious sects; their province; their villages or districts; the number of males in the tribe; and any additional comments, which primarily relate to relations between tribes.Included in the file is a Map of Oman showing the distribution of the principal tribes which was compiled by Ross. Also included in the file is a genealogical table of 'the descendants of the Imâm Ahmed Âl-Bû-Sa'îdî', as documented by Ross.Physical description: Foliation: The file has been foliated using a pencil number enclosed in a circle in the top right corner of the recto of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains the Political Agent in Muscat's fortnightly political reports to the Political Resident in Bushire. The subject matter of the papers varies widely. Significantly, they contain numerous exchanges on the slave trade, and the recognition by the Government of India of Sayyid Faisal ibn Turki as Sultan of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 145; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains letters on a variety of administrative and political matters in Oman. This includes correspondence relating to the appointment of Political Agents in Muscat, the Omani state's finances, and a descriptive account of Muscat by Mr Apothecary Gaspar de Rozario, and a Muscat trade report from 1867-April 1868. The file also includes printed and written reports relating to the suppression of Wahhabi pirates from 1865-66; printed copy correspondence relating to Bahrain from 1847-58; printed copy of correspondence relating to slave trade; 1866 resolution of the Ottoman Porte relative to the abolition and prevention of the slave trade; 1866-74 report on piracy in the Persian Gulf by Captain Samuel Hennell, Assistant Resident in the Gulf; 1830 printed copy correspondence relating to the electric telegraph, 1861; a schematic chart of the coast of Persia, and printed copies of correspondence relating to Kalat 1861-71.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 185; 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 105-170; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file contains papers relating a number of political, logistical and economic topics, listed on the front cover of the file, and divided into sections accordingly. These include a memorandum on geographical knowledge of Oman by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles from May 1879; Fujairah affairs from May 1879-January 1880; Gwadur [Gwadar] affairs from September-Octtober 1879; papers on a proposal for the establishment of telegraph station at Muscat from June-October 1879; dispute between Arabs of Sur and Ras al-Hadd from October-November 1879.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 105; 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.
Abstract: This file contains a partial translation of a text entitled 'Tenets of the Ibadhi Sect of Oman' from a MS Arabic work entitled the 'Keshf-ul-Ghummeh' of the Shaikh Sarhan bin Sa`id bin Sarhan bin Mohammed el-`Alawi a native of Oman. The translation and introductory notes are by Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent, Muscat. The file also includes an abstract of the Portuguese-Omani treaty of 1872, and the translation of the 1828 Perso/Muscat treaty.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 49; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains papers that consist primarily of political correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf with the Political Agent in Muscat. Of note is a report by Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles on the Bereymi [Buraymī] Oasis. The papers also discuss ongoing political affairs in Gwadur [Gwadar].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 84; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 38A.
Abstract: This file consists of letters related to several general subjects of the East African-Arabian Slave trade; domestic Omani politics; general affairs of trade. Of note are circular letters from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Trucial Coast Shaikhs and the Sultan of Oman on their responsibility for the eradication of slavery. These also include Arabic copies of engagements entered into by the Trucial Shaikhs of the Persian Gulf with the British Government for the abolition of the African slave trade. The file also includes the Muscat Agency administration report 1871-72, and Fortnightly Muscat Agency news reports. Ancillary sections pertain to correspondence on the 1872 lease of Bandar `Abbas, and correspondence relating to Makran dependencies of Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 450; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This file contains letters and documents relating to British intervention in Oman before, during, and in the aftermath of an uprising against the Sultan led by the Imam, Salim ibn Rashid al Kharusi, in 1913. Most of the papers are exchanges between the British Political Agent in Muscat, the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, other British naval and military officials, and a large variety of Omani notables and leaders, including translations of letters from the Sultan, Taimur bin Faisal.Most of the file's papers are related British military and diplomatic interventions in Oman meant to protect the Sultan from defeat by the Imam. Approximately, the first quarter of the file dates from the years 1895-1896, while the subsequent three quarters date entirely from 1913.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 211; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Abstract: The volume contains papers mostly relating to expenditure incurred in Persia, and the issue of how this expenditure should be divided between the Imperial and Indian Exchequers.The papers mainly consist of correspondence between the India Office and the following: the Foreign Office, the Foreign and Political Department of the Government of India, and the Treasury; as well as India Office Minute Papers, Reference Papers, and other India Office papers and notes.The volume mostly concerns diplomatic and consular expenditure, specifically: the question of revising the existing arrangements under which, following the recommendations of the Welby Commission of 1900, the cost of this expenditure in Persia had been shared roughly equally between the Indian and Imperial Revenues (between the Indian Political Department and the Foreign Office); the proposals of the Foreign Office that Indian Political Department posts in Persia should be transferred to the Levant Consular Service, and thus come under the responsibility of the Foreign Office, with the Government of India paying a yearly contribution towards the posts; and the objections of the Government of India to the Foreign Office’s proposals.The volume also includes papers regarding: the cost of troops from the Indian Establishment employed in Oman and Persia during the First World War; and the projected contribution from Indian Revenues of a moiety of a loan of £2,000,000 to the Persian Government under the ‘Curzon Agreement’ [Anglo-Persian Agreement] of 1919. In addition, it includes some papers relating to expenditure on diplomatic and consular establishments in Turkish Arabia, Muscat and China, as well as Persia.The file includes a divider which gives the subject number, the year the subject file was opened, the subject heading, and a list of correspondence references by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 430; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.
Abstract: This file contains a document entitled 'The Musandam Peninsula: its people the Shihuh and their dialects' written by Bertram Thomas, Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat.This document contains Thomas's description of the settlements, traditions and customs of the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Peninsula which he divides into three groups: 'the interior mountain Baduin [Bedouin]', 'the Kumazara' and 'the Dhuhuriyin'. Thomas practised craniofacial anthropometry and therefore the physical appearance of the Shihuh, notably their skull size/shape, is discussed at length, often in crude, racialised terms.The document contains an appendix (folios 25-32) titled 'Shihuh Dialects' that focuses on the language used by the Shihuh. This is divided into two sections 'The Mountain Dialect' and 'The Dialect of Kumazara' and is interspersed with handwritten words and phrases in Arabic script.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34; 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.