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Ref: IOR/R/15/6/380

The record is made up of 1 file (49 folios). It was created in 5 Mar 1949-29 Dec 1949. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Pahrain
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat
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Dated and received the 5th March, 1949.
Confidential.
Following received from Foreign Office telegram
No. 109. Begins.
I should be grateful for your urgent observations
by telegram on possibilities of absorbing a proportion of
Arab refugee in Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. states bearing in mind that a high
proportion of these refugees are dependents.
2. Are Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Sheikhs and the Sultan of Muscat
likely to be prepared in principle to accept refugees as
permanent settlers.
3. If so would they be prepared to meet all or any
part of the financial cost involved by themselves or would it
be essential for any resettlement in these states to be financed
from outside sources.
4. ?/hat are long terra economic possibilities of
absorbing them on land or in occupations other than oil.
5. What numbers if any might be accepted for settle
ment in immediate future.
6. Would local managements of British and American
oil corapanies be prepared to consider use of refugee labour on
(1) a short terra and (2) long term basis ? It occurs to me
that

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This file contains correspondence between British officials (primarily at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in Bahrain, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat and the Foreign Office) and the Government of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding the employment of Palestinian refugees for government service in Muscat, largely as teachers. One such teacher, Muhammad Khalil Ibrahim, is discussed at some length and a copy of his curriculum vitae is contained on folio 14.

In addition to correspondence, the file contains a list of Palestinian refugees that was compiled by an unofficial committee of ex-Palestine Government officials who had grouped themselves together in Cairo in an endeavour to find employment (folios 21-29) and a list prepared by the Colonial Office of Palestinian students studying social science courses in the United Kingdom (folio 43).

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1 file (49 folios)

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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 51, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/6/380
Title: 'File 11/32 II Palestine'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:9v, 11r:15v, 18r:39v, 41r:44v, 46r:50v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence