'File 8/98 II ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN'

Title:

'File 8/98 II ARMS & AMMUNITION FOR SULTAN'

Date:

1948/1949

Description:

Abstract: This file concerns the annual supply of arms and ammunition by the British Government to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], under the Civil Air Agreement, which was concluded between the two parties in April 1947. The correspondence covers the following: the amount of ammunition to be allocated to the Sultan each year; the Sultan's concerns at having received ammunition that is several years old; details of guns and ammunition marked as suitable for the Sultan's requirements, produced by the Admiralty's Military Branch; details of specific consignments of arms and ammunition.The principal correspondents are as follows: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Muscat; officials of the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 40, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1947)
Arms transfers
Ammunition

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000046_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000046_en
IOR/R/15/6/295
IOR/R/15/6/295

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