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FO 371/114605

UK representation in Dhofar, 1955

This file contains correspondence relating to UK representation in Dhofar and the possibility to build a rest house in the air force camp.
FCO 164/16

Trucial States: frontiers around Buraimi, 1 November 1947 - 30 November 1947

This file contains a collection of extracts from Political Diaries, Muscat Administration Reports, letters, reports by Political Agents, views of Tribal Chiefs, and Sheikhs of the Trucial Coast regarding tribal allegiance, territorial claims in the area surrounding the Buraimi Oasis. It includes the description of principal places in Jau.
FO 1016/203

Principal Sheikhs and tribes of Oman, 1952

This file contains: Translation of a letter from Sheikh Saqr Bin Sultan Bin Salem Al Qasimi to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman promising to leave Kalba as ordered 'Notes on the Tribes of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman' 'Additions to the Notes on the Tribes of Muscat & Oman', which refers to the frailty of the Imam of Oman Mohammad Bin Abdulla Al Khalili, rumours that he intends to abdicate and the question of his successor, including the names of four candidates: Abdulla Bin Salem Al Kharussi, Sheikh Ali Bin Hilal, Saif Bin Rashid Al Ma'awal, and Ahmad Bin Nasir Al Saee
FO 1016/198

Issue of Muscat visas by British officers, 1952

This file relates to the rules for issuing visas for entry into Muscat.
FO 464/50

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-1964; volume 1, chapters 1-6, 1967 Jan 01 - 1967 Jan 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1953-64'.
FO 464/47

Arabia: historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Sheikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953, 1953 Jan 01 - 1953 Dec 31

This file contains Volume I of a 'Historical summary of events in the Persian Gulf Shaikdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953'.
FCO 8/1074

Omani internal situation, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file concerns the internal situation in Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/1073

Annual review for 1968, 1969 Jan 01-1969 Dec 31

This file contains summaries and correspondence relating to Muscat and Oman’s Annual Review for 1969, including reference to:The Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur’s relations with the northern Trucial StatesThe Dhofar RebellionThe development schemes that have been commissioned for Muscat, Matrah [Muttrah] and SalalahAn increase in Muscat and Oman’s oil production.
FCO 8/1300

Activities by Popular Front for Liberation of Occupied Persian Gulf, 1970 Jan 01-1970 Dec 31

This file relates to the activities of the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf (PFLOAG) in the Dhofar conflict.
FCO 8/600

Commercial export of oil, 1967-1968

This file relates to oil affairs in Muscat and Oman.
FCO 8/2017

Communications in Oman: BBC radio receiving and transmitting station in Masirah, Oman, 1973 Jan 01 - 1974 Jan 08

This file concerns radio communications in Oman.
FCO 8/2007

Background notes to Fahud expedition into Oman, 1954, 1973 Jan 01 - 1973 Dec 31

This file encloses the papers of E F Henderson, concerning the expedition to Fahud in the province of Dhahirah in Oman, undertaken by the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1954, containing: A report by Henderson chronicling the progress of the expedition An appreciation of the military and political situation, and the tribes living around Fahud in 1954 A facsimile of a letter written to Henderson by the then Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur forbidding the expedition from visiting certain areas of interest to the IPC A report outlining the background to the expedition, dictated fr