'File XVII/2 Government Property, Christian Cemeteries'

Content

This file contains correspondence related to the maintenance and condition of the three Christian (or European) cemeteries in Muscat. The majority of the correspondence in the file is internal correspondence between British officials, but the file also contains correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat and external entities including a contractor in India (concerning the purchase of chain for use as railing in a cemetery); Dirk Dykstra of the American Mission in Muscat; and the Ministry [naẓārah] of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs relates to a stolen tombstone being used as flooring in a residence near Matrah, two of these letters are in Arabic (accompanied by English translations). In addition to correspondence, the file contains a plan of the Catholic Cemetery near the American Mission in Muscat (folio 16).

Extent and format

1 file (35 folios)

It is grouped into

'Plan of Catholic Cemetery Near American Mission in Muscat'

2 images

Ref: IOR/R/15/6/455, f 16

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/6/455

Former external reference(s)

File XVII/2

History of this record

Date(s)

18 Sep 1936-19 Nov 1948 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Cemeteries

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