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Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’ [19r] (37/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (169 folios). It was created in 23 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1938. 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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Royal Air Force was insted and found to be practically
completed and apparently well constructed, it *as explained
to the official entrusted with the work xx -^aji Zubair,
formerly head of the Muscat he gal Administration - what were
the extra dimensions necessary for the increased capacity of
the store as had been recently decided upon by Air Headquarters
Iraq and arrmade for the necessary additions to be
made for this purpose to the building.
A full report on this matter is* i understand*
bein^ submitted by hieutenant hecher to Air Headquarters at
Dhibban.
Lieutenant Becher and i returned to Shuwaimiyah
the same day*
7. As tiie political situation at Shuwaimiyah had from
the beginning been quiet and satisfactory and the work on the
petrol store had advanced to a stage which allowed Mr.Reid to
leave it to be proceeded with by the workmen, Deptford sailed
on 23th for Murbat which was reached the next day*
After loading 600 odd tins of petrol and taxen on
board All as Siyabi the Bhofar official referred to in paragraph
t above Deptford left Murbut on 2*>th March and returned once
more to Bhuwaimiyah on 30th.
6, Muhammad bin bulaiyim the alleged chief of the
Batahrah tribe who had left Shttwaiaiyah on private affairs lor
a few days sncrtly afterwards reappeared on the scene and was
at once recognised by the Jhofar official as being in reality
the ohaixh of the iribe. it was also corroborated by tnat
official that the Bat&hrah are not under the control or
authority of Bhaixh baid bin &uitan vide paragraph b supra*
Discussions ..ere accordingly started with
Muhammad bin Bulaiyim for an agreement for the rent of the
landing ground and custody of the petrol store. After the
usual haggling an agreement was made and signed under which
in return for a yearly payment of $ 120 per annum the 6tiai<h
agreed to
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The file is concerned with the establishment of facilities along the southern coast of Oman for a proposed Muscat-Aden air route. It predominantly consists of reports on expeditions to establish (or repair) landing grounds and petrol storage facilities at the following locations: Masirah Island, Khor Jarama [Khawr al Jarāmah], Khor Gharum, and Shuwamiya [Ra’s ash Shuwāmīyah]. These reports are authored by either the Muscat 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle, Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, and Ralph Ponsonby Watts), or the commanding officer of the deployed Royal Navy vessel: HMS Bideford or HMS Deptford. It also contains reconnaissance reports from surveys undertaken to identify suitable landing sites for the proposed air route. These reports include information on the personnel involved, progress made, incidents during the course of the expedition, navigational data, and sometimes details on eating and sleeping arrangements. It also contains a number of extracts from relevant — mainly Muscat — intelligence summaries.
The file includes copies of three agreements made with local Shaikhs: two agreements (folios 50-1) with Shaikh Said bin Sultan of Mahut for Shuwamiya and Khor Gharum; and an agreement (folio 24) with Muhammed bin Suwaillim, Shaikh of Batahrah, as a result of his disputing the former’s authority over Shuwamiya. It also contains a couple of sketch maps of the coast of Oman showing the locations surveyed, and the locations where air facilities have been established; these can be found on folios 31 and 88.
A report (folios 131-42), dated 29 March 1932, of a joint action between British forces and the Sultan of Muscat, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, against Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah of the Beni Bu Ali [Banī Bū ‘Alī] at Sur has also been included. The purpose of this action being to enforce the Sultan's authority by establishing a customs house at Aiqa.
The main correspondents are as follows: the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. , the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Admiralty, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the 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. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (169 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 171; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located at the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1951
- Title
- Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:109v, 109ar:109av, 110r:142v, 145r:171v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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