'B Series. POLITICAL 8/5 Jawasim-Shihuh situation (Dibba Affairs) (A Series 14/247)'
Date:
1941/1944
Description:
Abstract: This brief file relates to a dispute involving the Sultan of Muscat, the Shihuh, and the Regent of Kalba over the building of a fortified tower and issues of protection against raiding. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Muscat; (Tom C. Higginbotham; Captain John Baron Howes).The correspondence includes a translation by the Internal Affairs Department, Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, of an agreement to resolve the dispute.Physical description: There are two foliation sequences. The first sequence, which is intermittent, appears near the top right corner. The second sequence, which is complete and should be used for referencing, is written in the very top right corner of the recto of each folio. It begins after the front cover, on the first folio of writing, and runs through to f.44, which is the inside of the back cover of the file.