Abstract: The file contains papers relating to the defence of Muscat.It includes papers regarding: the position of the Sultan of Muscat in the event of the outbreak of war (since he was an independent sovereign and therefore his state would not automatically be on the side of the British Empire in war); the conditions under which the Sultan was prepared to grant the necessary facilities (in particular air facilities) in his territories to the British Government during the Second World War, including a monthly subsidy to the Sultan of 20,000 rupees for the duration of the war and for a period after the cessation of hostilities, and the gift of military equipment; and the decision of the British Government to continue the Muscat War Subsidy after the end of the War until the end of 1946, and to present a token gift of arms and ammunition to the Sultan on the termination of the War Subsidy, in recognition of his assistance during the War.Much of the file concerns the Muscat War Subsidy Agreement, but it also includes papers relating to the appointment of a Military Adviser to the Sultan of Muscat, and the recruitment of a Commandant of the Muscat Infantry.The papers mostly consist of correspondence, but they also include: India Office internal minute papers; a copy of a paper entitled ‘Appreciation of the Situation Regarding the Defence of Muscat Against Tribal Attack and Sabotage’, by Major R G Price, Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq, January 1939, which includes two photographs [IOR/L/PS/12/3937, f 427]; papers of the War Cabinet Official Committee for Questions Concerning the Middle East, including minutes of the first meeting of the Committee on 22 September 1939, on the subject of Muscat; a note of a meeting to discuss the Muscat War Subsidy, held at the India Office on 12 February 1946, between representatives of the India Office, the Treasury, the Foreign Office, the Admiralty, the War Office, the Air Ministry, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The main correspondents are as follows: the India Office (and the Commonwealth Relations Office from 1947); the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Admiralty Military Branch; the Foreign Office; the War Office; the Government of India External Affairs Department; the Government of India Defence Department; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (Saiyid Said bin Taimur); the Political Agent and HM Consul, Muscat; the Air Ministry; the Treasury; and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 431; 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: The file concerns a survey of the Trucial Coast in June to August 1945 by a United States Army Survey Mission. The survey was undertaken in conjunction with Survey Branch Middle East. Correspondence dated August-October 1945 discusses the Survey Mission's request to extend its work into Muscat territory. The papers record that the Sultan of Muscat gave permission for coastal areas to be surveyed, but stated that it was at that time impossible to meet a request from the survey party to travel along a parallel line fifty miles inland in addition.The file includes correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and the Political Agent, Muscat.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file 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 9; 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; these numbers are printed, and are not circled. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers.
Abstract: The file contains two folders of correspondence regarding requests for weapons and ammunition made by the Sultan of Muscat (Sa'īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa'īd) to the British and American Governments.The file includes dividers which give a list of correspondence references contained in each part by year. These are placed at the end of the correspondence for each part.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 113; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence and minute papers relating to the drafting and issue of 'The Muscat (Municipal) Regulations 1935'. The papers cover the search for consensus between the India Office, Foreign Office, and Political Residency over the text of the new regulations.Further correspondence (folios 3-28) from the Air Ministry and Air Officer Commanding in Iraq deals with the question of whether the Royal Air Force should be exempt from paying municipal tax on fuel.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: Correspondence and memoranda relating to the repeal of Muscat 'King's Regulation, No. 1 of 1918'. Copies of 'King's Regulation, No. 1 of 1937', which repealed the original one, are included (folios 9-12).The correspondence is between officials at the Foreign Office, India Office, Political Residency in the Persian Gulf, and the Government of India, Foreign and Political Department.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 19; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: A list of ships belonging to Muscat and Bushire [Būshehr], detailing ship names, ownership, and tonnage.The list was sent by Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], as part of a report on trade in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/191).The report was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: 1 item (1 folio)
Abstract: A table displaying the number and estimated tonnage of ships from Muscat, Bahrein [Bahrain], and Quater[?] [possibly Qatar] trading with India, the Red Sea, and Africa.The table was sent by Ephraim Stannus, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d’Affaires in Persia [Iran], as part of a report on trade in the Gulf (IOR/L/PS/9/69/191).The report was enclosed in Willock’s letter to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 14 July 1824 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/186).Physical description: The letter was perforated in an attempt to stop the spread of disease.
Abstract: A copy of a letter from Francis Warden, Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay [Mumbai], to Major-General William Grant Keir, Commander of the 1819 expedition to the Persian Gulf, sent from Bombay and dated 29 October 1819. The letter authorises Keir to make a brief stop at Muscat en route to Kishmee [Qeshm] in order to communicate with the Imaum [Imam].The letter was enclosed in the letter of Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], to the Secret Committee of the Court of Directors of the East India Company dated 6 July 1820 (IOR/L/PS/9/69/26 and 29).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: An extract of a letter from Captain Thomas Thompson, Commander of the British troops on Kishma [Qeshm], to Henry Willock, HM Chargé d'Affaires in Persia [Iran], sent from Muscat and dated 13 October 1821.The letter reports the transfer of six companies of British troops from Deristan [Dayrestān] camp on Kishma to Muscat in order to assist the Imam against reported acts of ‘piracy’ in the area. It also describes a visit to Muscat by Persian envoys, during which the subject of the British presence on Kishma was discussed.The extract was enclosed in Willock’s letter to Joseph Dart, Secretary to the Court of Directors of the East India Company, dated 8 February 1821 (IOR/L/PS/9/60).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Imprint:Published by James Horsburgh, Hydrographer to the East India Company.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by hachures. Depth shown by soundings.Nautical chart of the shores of the Gulf of Oman showing the coastline between Muttra (Muttrah) and Muscat compiled from the surveys carried out by the Bombay Marine’s officers between 1820 and 1829. Settlements represented pictorially.Physical description: Dimensions:404 x 770 mm, on sheet 470 x 858 mm
Abstract: Extracts of letters found in the papers of Jean-François Rousseau, French Consul in Bagdad [Baghdad], following his arrest in October 1798, and copied by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad:An extract of a letter from Marie Louis Henri d’Escorches de Sainte-Croix, Envoy of the French Republic to the Sublime Porte [Ottoman Empire] to Rousseau, sent from Constantinople [Istanbul] and dated Year III of the French Revolution (September 1794-September 1795), expressing an interest in trade with Persia [Iran] and asking Rousseau for information on Persia.An extract of letter from Claude Carra Saint-Cyr, First Secretary of the French Embassy to the Porte, to Rousseau, sent from Constantinople and dated 8 Germinal of Year VI of the French Revolution (28 March 1798). The letter concerns journey of Citizen Pierre-Joseph de Beauchamp towards Muscat where he has been appointed Consul, discusses the increased importance of Muscat, and asks to be kept informed of the war between Tipoo Saib [Tīpū Sulṭān of Mysore] and the English [Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, 1798-1799].An extract of a letter from Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French Minister of Foreign Affairs to Rousseau, sent from Paris and dated 27 Vendémiare of Year VI of the French Revolution (17 October 1797). The letter concerns arrangments for French representation in Bussora [Basra].These copies were enclosed in Harford Jones's letter to Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War, dated 31 October 1798 (IOR/L/PS/9/76/43 and 44).Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
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.