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Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [‎97r] (193/200)

The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1930-27 Jul 1947. 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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private & Personal
Muscat 4 x3axlc March
(Arabia j
n
1930
Dear ,
Your Xmas card reached me on the day I was setting
out for South Arabia, a land innocent of postal communications.;
I returned to Muscat onlyyesterday so that I am really not the
sluggard/ I may have appeared. I have been busy in the two
intervening months camel trekking in the sands of BtTP'AL KHALI
and filling in the blanks of Hunter’s Map. It has been great
fun.I did not manage to cross the sands this year but did
achieve a prismatic compass traverse of about 450 miles of
unexplored Arabia reaching a point about 180 miles due north
of Dhufar. My aneroid \readings with those of my previous
journey through the South Eastern Borderlands discover I
think the structure of the south eastern quarter of the
peninsula in relation to the rest of it, the unsolved —
geographical problem that Hogarth mentions in his ’Penetration’
Thus for 35 days in the saddle I kept fit and led willy nilly
a blameless life. The Sultan has considerable influence in and
about DHUEAB and my journey was made possible by his assistance
(not financial as I footed that myself) in getting my party
of 30 local Badus together. H.H. in fact made the sea journey
to Dhufar this year for the sole purpose of furthering my aims-
delightful of him and characteristic^ ^— .
Cm.
In cage you are- interested in slight account of
the previously unpenetrated Central South I will ask the B.G.S,
to send you two cards of admittance for the meeting when my
paper is read, that is^if their session is not already at an
end.
H.H. and I afterwards toured along the South
Coast -the frankincense coast of the Ancients where his writ
runs i.e. from DEABBAT ALI to HADHBABAM ( the chart names need
retransliterating) and landed at the chief ports. There we
found the copper currency of Muscat I had introduced tv.o

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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning the south-western boundary of the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty. The question of the exact demarcation of the boundary was raised because of a need to set the administrative boundary between 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. in Muscat and the 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. in Aden and, later, the division of areas of responsibility between the air authorities in Iraq and Aden. In 1947 the question is raised again during a period of exploration for oil.

The file contains the following papers:

The principal correspondents are the Air Ministry, Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Government of India (Foreign Department), Political 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. in Aden, Admiralty, 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. , and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat.

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1 file (98 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 100; 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 present between ff 2-99 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [‎97r] (193/200), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2962, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100042710134.0x0000c2> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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