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Coll 20/16(1) 'Muscat: Diaries: News and Intelligence Summaries' [481r] (961/1343)
The record is made up of 1 file (669 folios). It was created in 21 Sep 1933-19 Dec 1945. 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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SECRET.
No.14 of 1937.
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Muscat Intolligcncc Suinnary for tic plptiod/Trom;
1st October to 15th December 1937/ x * '
ROYAL NAVY.
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1. H.M.S. Enterpriee arrived on the 5th u ctober.
The national aalute was fired which woe returned by the \
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Shore Battery. Official colls were exchanged between the
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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 Hie Majesty’s Consul, the Officer
Commanding and His Highness the Sultan respectively. The
Worship loft Muscat for the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
on the 8 th
QaAM October.
2* H.M.S.Shorehom arrived on the 24th October* No
solutes were fired, but formal colls were exchanged
between His Highness the Sultan and the Senior Novlo
Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division.
3. H.M.S. Enterprise arrived in Muscat on 7th
^ ^ ' November and left the same day for Karachi with His
/u*, iT/4 Highness the Sultan on board (vide also paragraph 13
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As the Ship had already visited Muscat in
I '^ piyf. * { October, no salutes were fired or colls exchanged.
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4. 12 Vincents arrived from Sharjah on the 6 th
and left for Maeiroh on the 8 th October en route for
Aden.
5. On the 29th October a flight of three Vincents
with '<Ung Commander A.R.K. Rickards, O.B.K., A.E.C., on
board arrived en route to Solalah (Dhofor) on a recon
naissance of the landing grounds in Muscat territory.
v • The flight left on the 31st October and on the evening
24 «JAr of that day one machine returned with the sad news that
*Efing Commander Rickards, Pilot Officer R.H.McClnthcy
(the Pilot Officer Commanding the Flight) and Aircrafts-
man Oleary hod been killed when their machine crashed
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Fortnightly news summaries sent by 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. , Muscat, to the 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. and distributed from there to various other British and Indian Government offices. From 1 April 1934 they are referred to as intelligence summaries.
The reports cover various subjects, each given their own sub-heading, such as British interests, aviation, local interests, foreign interests, meteorological, shipping, Royal Air Force, Navy, and miscellaneous. Events of note are sometimes given their own sub-heading within a report.
Most of the reports cover a period of two weeks but occasionally they may cover a month or more. The earliest report is that of the period 1 to 15 August 1933 and the last is 16 to 31 October 1945. There are the following gaps:
- 16 December 1934 to 31 March 1935
- 16 to 31 December 1940
- 1 December 1941 to 15 January 1942
- 1 to 15 December 1942
- 1 to 15 June 1943
- 1 to 15 October 1944
Also contained within the file are 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. notes on sections of interest for some of the reports.
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- 1 file (669 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front. Not all reports are in order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 671; 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 20/16(1) 'Muscat: Diaries: News and Intelligence Summaries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:671v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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