'File 8/98 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 8/98 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN OF MUSCAT'
- Date:
- 1947/1948
- Description:
- Abstract: This file concerns the supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], following the conclusion of a Civil Air Agreement between the two parties.The correspondence mainly concerns shipping arrangements for arms and ammunition consigned to Muscat. It includes discussion of several cases of delayed or missing shipments of ammunition, and contains a number of received shipping notes regarding undelivered shipments. Also discussed briefly is a complaint from the Sultan after receiving ammunition that is five years old.The principal correspondents are as follows: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 50; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Arms transfers
Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1947)
Shipping
Ammunition - Rights:
- غير معروف
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000045_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000045_en
IOR/R/15/6/294
IOR/R/15/6/294