Coll 20/20 'Muscat: National status of subjects of the Sultan of Muscat'
Date:
1936/1948
Description:
Abstract: Correspondence connected to the application by an Omani national resident in England for a Seaman's Certificate of Identity. The correspondence deals with the question of whether subjects of the Muscat State should be granted British Protected Persons status. The principal correspondents are officials at the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, India Office, Colonial Office, Home Office, Foreign Office, and the High Commissioner for India.Also contained in the file is a detailed examination of the question following the independence of India and Pakistan, dated 1948 (folios 3-7).Physical description: The foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 27; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.