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'File [XI A/14] British Consulate Muscat' [134r] (267/426)
The record is made up of 1 file (211 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1936-31 Dec 1939. 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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3
SECHBT*
MUSCAT I jlTSLLI GEHCB Sunmiary Ho* 19 for the period
from 16th to 30th November 1938.
\ V'
BRITISH INTEN^STS*
1. Petroleum Conceseions Limited*
Pveference paragraph 2 of >ummary Ho. 18.
On 26th November the Muscat geological party joined
forces at Hafit with the party of geologists belonging to the
eame Company who had started from Abu Dhabi. On 28 th November
both parties proceeded to Baraimi in which neighbourhood it is
proposed that the party from the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
will stay to
carry out further examination of the ground before returning
to their base while the Muscat party are due to proceed via
Sohar to Muscat in the first week of December to commence their
operations in the south of the Sultanate.
On 8th November in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hawasanah about 30 miles
west of Kh.burah some shots were fired on the hei^hs of the
District who was accompanying the geologists. This incident
was however found to be entirely due to a private feud and no
hostility was shown to the members of the party itself, bhe
matter has since been satisfactorily settled by the hiltan.
Up to theend of the period under review the geologists have
met with friendliness in all the districts so far visited.
LOC-AX INTSKSST3.
2. Muscat levy .
Reference paragraph 3 of Summary No.14 of 1938.
The services of Subedar Mehr Khan officiating
Commandant Muscat Levy were dispensed with by the cultan with
effect from the 23rd November. He left for India on the 2nd/
December.
Subedar Huzur Husain has been appointed officii ^
Commandant until the arrival of a serving Indian Officer of the
Indian Army for whose services a request has already been made
by His Highness to the Government of India through the Hon’ble
the
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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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This file contains papers with the diary entries of the 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. in Muscat spaced at two weeks apart. They contain information on shipping, local affairs, British interests, and other powers' interests in Muscat and Oman; travels of the Sultan and his meetings with dignitaries, visitors and important political and tribal leaders from within Oman and especially from what is now the United Arab Emirates.
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- 1 file (211 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 213; 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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- IOR/R/15/6/357
- Title
- 'File [XI A/14] British Consulate Muscat'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:212v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence