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Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’ [91r] (181/345)
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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6. Arrived at iur at 0800. The til all came off to
call accompanied by the 3 Sheikhs who v/ere to accompany the
reconnaissance.
After exchange of courtesies, the ftali returned to
the shore and the snip sailed at 1600 for Masira.
m m . gth mm m, i m *
?. Arrived off liiasira Island at 1000 and proceeded up
the Masira Channel from the Southward. Anchored at
Umm Has As 3 miles 320° from Ruined Tower at 1500.
8. 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.
and Saiyid Shahab landed in
order to try and collect Sheikh KHAMIS (Sheikh of Masira)
whom it was desired to take with us.
He was away fishing and they came back without being
aole to get in touch with him.
SATURDAY, 10th FEBRUARY f 1934.
9. There was a dense fog until 1400.
Flying boat S.1434 with the A.O.G. on board arrived
at 0945. Owing to delay in leaving Basrah due to bad
weather, she was 24 hours behind programme time. Owing
to the iog # Flying boat mistook her objective and landed
about 11 miles to the Northward of Jezirat Shagha on
Beyat-sa-Laisal reef (Chart No.1089j. She grounded on
a falling tide and was soon high and dry.
10. Motor Boat v/as sent away to fetch the A.G.C. but
the fog was so dense, that the Flying boat could not be
found.
11. Fog lifted about 1430 and Motor Boat broughtthe
A.0.0. ana his A.D.C. (Flyin; Officer Stenhensonj back to
the ship.
12. Flying boat floated at about 1730 and proceeded to
Jmm RasAs to re-fuel.
Working party from ship, in whaler, had meanwhile been
landed to transport petrol from store to beach o posite
Flying boat*s moorings, in order to expedite the fuelling
operations. Fuelling was completed by 1930.
BlffiDAY. 11th ITSDRUARY, 1931.
13. Thick fog was again experienced until 1330.
The Sheikh of Masira and 4 followers were found and
brought off during the forenoon. Ship sailed at 1330.
13th FiliRUARY, 1934.
14. Anchored at 0930 in 2i fathoms in Rig-al-Jazir
(Sukra Bay). hind 3.E. 2-3 and slight swell.
15. The A.u.C. rolitical Agent Muscat, Saiyid Shahab
aad all the Sheikhs and their iollowers (Hereinafter
referred to as the Surveying party) landed in the Kotor
Boat and houri to examine site B.
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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)
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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’
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- 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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