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FO 371/157036

Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS), 1961

This file relates to the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS). It contains correspondence concerning: Murder trial, under British jurisdiction, of Saleh Bin Saleh, concern over his medical condition and his transfer from a prison in Sharjah to a lunatic asylum in Aden. The idea of him returning to his family under guarantee of his tribal Sheikh was discounted due to him coming from a dissident tribe in Upper Yafa.
FO 371/156796

Armed forces of Sultan of Muscat and Oman, 1961

This file relates to The Sultan’s Armed Forces (SAF) in Muscat and Oman.
FO 371/149051

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Question of the transfer of jurisdiction over the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) to Abu Dhabi (42-43) Arrangements for Faisal Sultan and Mohammad Saleh to begin a course at Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldershot (44) Enquiry about Mulazim Thoma of the TOS and his entitlement to leave in Lebanon (45) Proposal for Colonel H J Bartholomew to be appointed as the new Commandant of the TOS, in succession to Colonel S L A Carter (46) Summary of meetings with Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, at which an outstanding TOS murder case was
FO 371/149048

Trucial Oman Scouts, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Proposed secondment of Commonwealth officers to forces in the Arabian Peninsula, such as the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS), Aden Protectorate Levies and the Sultan's Armed Forces (17) Relations between the police and the TOS in Buraimi (9) Proposal to send Arab officers of the TOS on training courses in the UK. It sets out arguments in favour (10-11) Proposal to send Mulazim Awal Saeed Muhsin on a three-month signals course at Warminster, and three Arab officers to attend Mons Officer Cadet School (12-13) Composition of the TOS.
FO 371/149033

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Staff list of officers serving in the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) as on 1 August 1960 (61) Nomination and career histories of H R D Oldman and S L A Carter as candidates for the next commander of the SAF and a request that the process be settled while the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur is in London (62, 64) The Sultan's suggestion that a senior British officer should carry out an inspection of the military organisation every year (63) Application by William Benson Hargreaves for the post of accountant in the Muscat Defence

FO 371/149032

Armed forces of Muscat and Oman, 1960

This file contains correspondence relating to: Procedure for recruiting contract officers for the Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF) (48, 52) Proposal for seconding officers from Australia and New Zealand for service with the SAF and the Trucial Oman Scouts (TOS) (49) Replacement of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's boom [a type of sailing vessel] and the question of whether to purchase a British type of boat, or to construct a vessel of local type (50) Suggestion by the Sultan to appoint an officer who could act as an inspector and auditor for the SAF (51) Problem o