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English
Bahrain Stale
Trade and Commerce
Shipping
Qatar
Consular
Slave Trade

Vernacular =
Slavery !
Miscellaneous Claims
Miscellaneous Correspondence

/ty/5/4 Political Agency, Trucial Oman
When, in 1939, a Political Officer for the Trucial Coast was
appointed, his headquarters were in Sharjah. Only ten files survive,
the remainder probably having been destroyed. Of these the following
are at present open to readers:

R/15/4/1 Sharjah affairs, 1937-48
R/15/4/2 Fujairah affairs, 1941-8
R/15/4/3 Boundaries, 1935-49
R/15/4/4 Copies of agreements, concessions, etc., 1930-48
RI15I5 Political Agency, Kuwait
:
The Political Agency in Kuwait was established in 1904, and the
Agency files preserved in the India Office Records cover the period
1904-49. They are basically all classified by subject.

R/ij/6 Political Agency, Muscat
Although the Political Agency in Muscat was founded in 1800,
little has been preserved from before 1865. Classification is by
subject. For the purposes of the present study, reference was made
to files in the following subject groups:
Arms Traffic
Aviation
Books and Publications
Establishment
Foreign Interests
Judicial
Muscat State Affairs