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FO 1016/212

Arrest of the Amin of Customs Gwadur, 1952

This file contains correspondence concerning the arrest in Gwadur [Gwadar] of the Amin of Customs by the Wali of Gwadar and the subsequent arrangements by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman for his transfer by the MV Dara to Muscat. It also includes subsequent correspondence on the early release of the Amin by the Wali and the cancelling of the transfer, with the incident detailed in a report from the British Agent in Gwadar.
FO 1016/208

General information on sugar position, 1952

This file relates to the import and export of sugar to and from Muscat.
FO 371/156767

Internal political situation, 1961

This file relates to the internal situation in Oman and the activities of the Omani rebels. It contains correspondence concerning: The Treaty of Sib [Seeb] and in particular, Norman Baker MP’s arguments in favour of its publication to the Lord Privy Seal Edward Heath MP.
FO 371/163056

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to the formal investigation into the loss of MV Dara.
FO 371/156769

Internal political situation, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Measures to prevent arms smuggling in Qatar (181) The visit of the Imam of Oman Ghalib Bin Ali Al Hina'i to Damascus (182) Negotiations with the Omani rebels (184) A request for the extradition of two Omani rebels, Abdulla Bin Humaid Al Ghasani and Abdulla Bin Zahir Al Uthmani, from Qatar to Oman.
FO 371/156781

Discussions at UN about Oman, 1961

This file relates to the question of Oman at the 15th session of the UN General Assembly.
FO 371/163054

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to the sinking of MV Dara. It contains correspondence concerning: Inquiry into the loss of MV Dara with reports from the fifth to the seventh day on 23-27 March 1962 (31-32, 35) British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN) memo on passengers who embarked at Kuwait and are missing (33) Request from K H Jones for copies of the affidavits linking the Omani rebels with the explosion and an update on the Wreck Commissioner’s findings and when they are to be announced (34)

FO 371/163053

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to the sinking of MV Dara. It contains correspondence concerning: Remarks of the Solicitor General Sir John Hobson on MV Dara explosion and the responsibility of the Omani rebels for it, reported in an article in The Times [enclosed] (27) Inquiry into the loss of MV Dara with reports from the second to fourth day on 20-22 March 1962 containing interviews with the crew (28-30)

FO 371/163057

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file contains: Correspondence relating to an article in the Karachi Morning News about the continued threat of bomb attacks on Gulf passenger liners (47) Cuttings from the Kuwait Times reporting on the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (48) Correspondence relating to the balance due to the Chief Local Representative of the Bahrain Petroleum Company John Lewis as a result of the earnings forfeited while he was attending the Dara inquiry in London (49) Copies of the report of the Court following the inquiry into the sinking of the MV Dara (50, 55) Request that

FO 371/163055

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file contains: Transcripts of proceedings from the eighth to the tenth days of the inquiry into the loss of the MV Dara, held on 28-30 March 1962 (36, 38, 40) Transcripts of reports, broadcast on Voice of the Arabs, about the inquiry into the Dara (37) Request for confirmation that there would be no objection to the return to Kuwait of one of the witnesses in the Dara inquiry (39)

FO 371/163051

Enquiry into sinking of British liner "Dara', 1962

This file relates to a formal investigation into the sinking of MV Dara, owned by the British India Steam Navigation Company Limited. More than 200 people died in the incident on 8-9 April 1961 near Dubai.
FO 371/157049

Inquiry into loss of UK merchant ship Dara in Persian Gulf, 1961

This file contains correspondence relating to: Passenger list from the Dara [enclosed] (11) Draft of Part I of R E Knowles and A C Manson's report on the explosion [enclosed]; Part II of the report [enclosed] (13, 18) Possibility of Scotland Yard being brought into the investigations, including a letter to the Home Office (14) Suggestion that the Treasury Solicitor should brief the police officers investigating the criminal aspects of the incident and a brief for the press (15) Request from the Ministry of Transport to the Treasury for authority to bear the cost of the proposed p