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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 1016/561

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

This file relates to the military situation in Muscat and Oman.

FO 1016/622

Administration in Muscat, 1958

This file contains correspondence relating to: Visit of Julian Amery to Muscat and his proposals for pursuing the Jebel Akhdar War Views of the Sultan of Muscat Saeed Bin Taimur and Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan on the organisation and tracking of the transit trade between Muscat and Abu Dhabi Planning and disposition of air and land forces against the Oman rebels at Jebel Akhdar Letter from Brigadier P R M Waterfield to Major F C L Chauncy on the 'changes in Sultanate officials and in the nomenclature of certain Sultanate departments', 18 August 1958

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Principal Sheikhs and tribes of Oman, 1952

Omani Liberation Army, 1957

Administration in Muscat, 1958