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FO 464/15

Arabia: miscellaneous papers, 1933-1955, 1933 Jan 01 - 1955 Dec 31

This file contains miscellaneous papers, reports, correspondence, and treaties relating to Arabia, the Gulf and the wider Middle East, primarily from 1933-1955.
FO 371/109926

Civil and Criminal Appeal Rules for the Persian Gulf States: introduction of new Penal Code, 1954

This file contains correspondence relating to: Drafts of the Muscat Criminal and Civil Appeal Rules, 1954 and the Muscat Legal Practitioners Rules, 1954 (1) Drafting of the Penal Code Regulation, 1955 for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States and Muscat.
FO 371/126988

Jurisdiction over nationals of India in Muscat, 1957

This file contains correspondence relating to: Request from the Government of India for an end to the arrangements by which Indian nationals in Muscat continue to come under the jurisdiction of the UK consular authorities (1) Disposal of assets left by deceased Indians, over which HM Consulate have jurisdiction (2) Procedures necessary for giving effect to the change of jurisdiction over Indian nationals in Muscat, including amendments to previous legal orders.
FO 371/114730

Immigration control in Trucial States: powers of arrest without warrant for passport offences given to Trucial Oman levies, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Britain's intention to withdraw the waiver exempting Saudi Arabians from Trucial States passport regulations before Gulf Aviation starts its fortnightly service to Abu Dhabi (1-2) The background to the waiver, linked to the 1952 Buraimi Standstill Agreement, and a recommendation by the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows for a replacement waiver that will only apply to persons from Bahrain, Kuwait, Muscat, Qatar and Yemen (3) Saudi complaints concerning the withdrawal of the waiver (4-5, 8) 'Trucial Oman Levies (A
FO 371/114661

Financial situation of Muscat: proposal for separate Muscat coinage and currency, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to: Meeting between the Economic Counsellor in the Persian Gulf N M P Reilly and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur on 27 February 1955. The Sultan wants advice on investing money in the UK (1) Meetings involving representatives of the Treasury, the Bank of England, Reilly, Sultan Saeed Bin Taimur and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf B A B Burrows.