Proposal to return Kuria Maria islands, ceded to Queen Victoria in 1854, to Sultan of Muscat

This file contains correspondence relating to:

• Kuria Muria [Khuriya Muriya] Islands given by Sultan Saeed Bin Sultan of Muscat to Queen Victoria in 1854. In includes the Governor of Aden’s recommendation that they should be handed back to the Sultan of Muscat Saeed Bin Taimur (1)
• Summary of the history and future of the Khuriya Muriya Islands (2)
• Suggestion that their return to the Sultan of Muscat should be made simultaneously with the announcement of the lease of Gwadur [Gwadar] to Pakistan by the Sultan (3)