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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎179v] (358/531)

The record is made up of 1 file (262 folios). It was created in 26 Nov 1931-12 Apr 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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elements in a tribal community by the use of aircraft is a
real one”, (C.I.D,141-D).
This opinion, based as it was on the collated
experience of political officers in touch with the tribes
should, in the Council f s view, dispose of the misgivings
expressed in the Admiralty's letter as to the effect upon
relations with the Arab rulers in the area concerned and the
fear that relations between the tribesmen and the personnel
of the Royal Navy will become embittered. There is, of
course, much independent testimony by senior political
officers in Iraq and elsewhere to the same effect.
3. As regards the particular apprehensions disclosed
by Their Lordships' letter, the Council would further observe:-
(a) That it has been an invariable principle among all
three fighting Services of the Crown that when force
has to be employed to achieve the objects of H.M.
Government ^the degree of force recommended should be
the minimum considered likely to achieve the end in
view. This principle has been, and will be, applied
no less rigidly by the Royal Air Force than by the
other Services.
(b) Air operations against the habitations of tribesmen
not in open war against H.M. Government have never been
undertaken and never will be undertaken, except after
all possible action has been taken to reduce loss of
life to a minimum. It has been, and will continue to
j be, the invariable practice for tribes to be warned
that a village is liable to be bombed and should be
evacuated. Moreover, the demonstration suggested in
the Admiralty letter is, as the Secretary of State for
India will be aware, the invariable preliminary to air
operations of the nature proposed and may, as has
frequently occurred, render them unnecessary*
(c) The view apparently held by the Lords Commissioners
of the Admiralty that the bombing of Jaalan Fort will
adversely affect the relations between H.M. Government
and the tribes elsewhere in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. area,
especially in regard to the Arabian air route, seems to
the Council to be unsupported by any evidence.
Experience on the North West Frontier of India, in
Iraq and in Aden leads rather to the conclusion that
the discriminating use of aircraft against one tribe or
section results in an improvement in relations between
Government and other tribes or sections in the same area.
Indeed the Council take the view that, if one
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The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, notes, and draft correspondence relating to two incidents in Oman. The first, which the majority of the papers deal with, was the rebellious attitude of members of the Beni Bu Ali tribe, led by Shaikh Ali bin Abdullah al Hamudah. The papers, which concern efforts by the British to assist the Muscat authorities in bringing the tribe to order, cover the following matters:

The second incident covered by the file is the murder of a British Indian man by a member of the Shihuh tribe in June 1936. The correspondence discusses the action that should be taken.

The principal correspondents are 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 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. at Muscat, Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), Foreign Office, Admiralty, Air Ministry, Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, 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. , Sultan Said bin Taimur, and Shaikh Ali of the Beni Bu Ali.

The file contains several reports, as follows:

A sketch map of the area around Sur can be found on folio 193.

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1 file (262 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 inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 265; 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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Coll 20/5 'Muscat: Sur: Misbehaviour of Beni Bu Ali tribe; Aiqa customs post; Question of Air Action' [‎179v] (358/531), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2957, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100045791025.0x0000a1> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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