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'File 35/134 III (A 54) Sur: Ja`alan- Amirs of.' [4r] (17/426)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 26 Jun 1930-31 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .
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Refaranee Ho
3.10573.
Air Headquarters,
'Iraq Command
Hina Id i
3 £ C R ^ T
13th June, 1930
To
The Secretary to
H. 3. the Higti Commissioner
The
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
, Baghdad
1
With referenoe to Resident,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
's
letter No.2l3-S of 1930, dated the 3rd Hay, 1930, copy
of which was sent to you under cover of this Headquarters
letter Ho.S.l0573 dated the 16th Uay, 1930, I am directed
to state that the Air Ministry agree that the operation
is desirable and practicable. They also state that the
matter is being discussed by the responsible Departments
at Home, and with India.
the operation against SUR will be conducted on the
following lines:
(a) . prior to the cortmencement of the operation,
arrangements are to be made for one or more
re-fuelling bases to be established between
BAHRAIN and HAS- AL-KHAIMAH • YA3 ISLAND
will probably be used, and possibly DOHAR
on the Bast side of the QATAR Peninsula.
(b) . The actual operation to be carried out from
MUSCAT, using the following aircraft:
Two Flying Boats.
Four Wapitis.
Two Victorias.
settled on the spot, but previous reconnaissances, photo
graphic as well as visual, of the villages to bs bombed
The Air ministry have agreed that if sanctioned
3
The details of the operation will have to be
will
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Correspondence relating to the Amir of Ja'alan and the collection of customs at Sur. Letters discuss the strategy for enforcing customs collection in Sur and the visit in HMS Penzance of Heir Apparent, Saiyid Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], President of the Council of Ministers in order to re-establish Sultanate authority in Sur. Correspondence discusses the constraints on the actual use of British naval power and the preferred use of the Muscat Levies as well as possible use of air power. Includes a hand-drawn map of Sur (folio 87) with discussion of the tribal divisions in the town and of the village of Aiqa inhabited by the Bani Bu Ali.
Correspondents include Air Headquarters, Iraq Command, Hinaidi; Air Ministry, London;Trenchard Craven W. Fowle and Reginald George Alban, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; Hugh Vincent Biscoe, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Foreign Secretary, Government of India; Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, Financial Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Muscat; Saif bin Ali bin Saif [Saif bin ‘Alī bin Saif], Wali of Sur; Iskander, Director-General of Customs, Muscat; 'the people of Aiqa'; Ali bin Abdullah Al Hamudah [‘Alī bin Abdullāh al-Ḥamūdah], Amir of Ja'alan.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.
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- front, front-i, 1br:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 3r:10v, 11ar:11bv, 12r:13v, 14ar:14bv, 15r:35v, 36ar:36bv, 37r:73v, 81v:86v, 88r:88v, 89v, 90ar:90bv, 91r:116v, 119v:173v, 174v, 176v:182v, 183v:203v, back-i, back
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