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'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports' [22r] (43/416)
The record is made up of 1 file (206 folios). It was created in 6 Aug 1946-Jan 1949. It was written in English. 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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(ii) y Trans ,7orld Airlines arc running a daily serviooto Asmara, and
a scrice about every 10 clays to New York. The Arabian ajnerican Oil ’Company
have .found air travel cheaper chan any other means and calculate a saving
of more than 250 dollars on each single journey to America.
17. MJdCAT.
Tribal .A^faira,
(i) Reference paragraph 1A (iv) of .A3L0 1 a report for October.
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur, half-brother of His Highness the Sultan,
returned from Jobel fldidhar on the 29th Sept. Both he and others who
accompanied him gave very satisfactory accounts of thoir visit to the Jobel
and it appears that they wore well received at all the places they visited.
At Saik and Nakhl, a salute of U uns was fired in honour of the
Sultan's representative.
(ii) Reference paragraph 14 (iii) .AjLO' 3 report for October.
Shaikh Mohamiaed bin Isa of the Sharqiyah, arrived at MUsoat on
the 7th as the guest of his Highness the Sultan.
Shaildi Moha..Med called on the
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.
on the 10th.
Shaikh No hammed is of very poor stature in comparison with his father.
Shaikh Isa. His Highness is well aware of this and in conversation
informed the
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.
that he was sure he would have no difficulty
in "handling him".
During his stay, Shaikh Mohammed was taken to Bait al Palaj to
watch a demonstration by the Muscat Infantry. Included in the programme
was a demonstration of the use of rifle grenade:;. Unfortunf'tely one of
the grenades was fired at such an angle that it landed some 50 yards only
from the party who were forced to run for their lives, fortunately they
were able to reach a trench in time and no one was injured.
(iii) Shaikh Homed bin Sulaiman al Harthl, one of the loading Shaikhs
of the Sharqiyah and the Chief Adviser of the late Shaikh Isa, left for
India en route to Zanzibar.
LOCAL .AFFAIRS .
18. Salvag e Operations .
Reforenco paragraph 13 (iii) of ^SLO's report for September.
(i) Salvage operations for the removal of the wreck of s.s. "Dhapu"
were compldted on the 8th October. The './reck was towed out to sea and sunk
in deep water sane 8 miles from Muscat.
(ii) The majority of the Naval Salvage Party left Muscat in H.M.S.
'N/ildgoose" on the 13th October. The ^.3.V. "Salviola" left for Bombay on
the 15th October tov/ing one left.irg craft and -s expected to return tov/ards
the end of the month for the second craft,
(iii) Lt. Commander J. Hallmr, R.N.V.R., In-Charge of the operations,
paid a farewell visit to His Highness the Sultan on the 11th October.
19* Attemg^tqd ou icide.
On the 7th, one of the Sultan's bodyguard attempted to commit
suicide by shooting himself. His attempt was not successful and after
treatment for two days by the
agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Surgeon, he ,;as released from hospital.
For the time being, the Sultan has incarcerated him in Jalali Port pending
an opportunity to return him to his village in Dhofar.
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The file contains the monthly intelligence reports of the Air Staff Liaison Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , based in Bahrain, for the period July 1946 to January 1949. The reports were distributed to several military and political offices in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, including the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Each report, marked secret, consists of several sections relating to geographic area, as follows: Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (including Saudi Arabia, Persia [Iran], and Qatar), Kuwait, and Muscat. Within each section is summarised intelligence on the following matters:
- shipping and air traffic;
- local news and tribal affairs;
- trade and industry;
- banking;
- the supply of electricity, water, and postal and medical services;
- the activities of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy;
- the operations of oil companies and other private entities;
- smuggling and slavery;
- anti-locust operations;
- weather and meteorological data.
Many reports also include a list of exchange rates and local prices.
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- 1 file (206 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 208; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/333
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- 'File 8/39 A. S. L. O.'s [Air Staff Liaison Officer] Reports'
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- front, front-i, 2r:207v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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