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'File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.' [87r] (184/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-22 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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"he following day, the 15th, we reeled at Hail waiting for
our messenger to get through to Biraimi. ^hat evening
the local Shaikhs received written instructions from the
Ka’im Shaikh Muhammad to resist our progress.
s our
messengers with your letter had not readied Baraimi when
the Baralmi messenger left there, this ominous sign did not
affect cur plan of pushing forward in the morning.
made an early start from Hail emerging from
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jizzi
RCt
almost at once, and thei»e turning north through ttomx
UBAlLAH reached HAJD, the pass on the Hajar Divide.
Here we camped, our escort declining to escort us into
the Naim habitat until we had heard from Biraimi. Our
emissaries arrived from Biraiai within a few hours of a
halt being mrj&e with a reply signed by 3AQ,AR 3IH SUL?AH,
Shaikh uhammad’s younger brother (Appendix J>)
It
stated that our intrusion was unwanted, that rhaikh
Muhammad was absent, that the country belonged to God,
themselves and Ibn Baud and it denied knowledge of a
previous promise ( see .Appendix C). Cur messengers
had met with & hostile reception, had in fact been pursued
out of the town, and returned frightened and full of dire
forebodings.
The slave ABB BAUD A , so called Vali to the
young Chiefs, but virtually himself ahaikh of the Na’im in
Biraimi had moved out to picket the wells at JLHURU3
Bani Ka’ab, the
forcibly to oppose our progress
backbone of our escort, were visibly alarmed xX by the news
of Ibn Baud's agent in Birairai and the reported submission
of the ©HAHIRIYAH Baduins of the DHAHIHAH - an alarm
heightened by the knowledge that their neighbours to the
north - the BaNI QT aB - had also this year for the first
time sent a present of seven camels to Ibn Baud. shaikh
Salim, scarcely di&f uising his attitude that in xjebkwsqqb
accompanying us he had.’backed the wrong horse’, counselled
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The volume contains correspondence related to the Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad’s request for information to be obtained from Muscat regarding the possible establishment of a subsidiary air route from Iraq to India via the Arabian side of the Gulf. The required information was concerning the straight line Mirfah-Biraimi-Khaburah. Arrangements were made for some Royal Air Force (RAF) representatives to visit the region accompanied by a doctor, and Bertram Sidney Thomas, Financial Advisor to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The correspondence contains information on the estimates of the cost of the journey including hire of camels; cost of feeding men and camels; presents to be given to the Shaikhs; wages and foodstuffs, coffee etc.
Letters were sent to various Shaikhs and Walis in Sohar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Baraimi [Buraimi] and other regions, asking them to assist the Royal Air Officers while conducting their work. The correspondence contains letters of certain Shaikhs such as Shaikh Salim bin Diyin [Dayyin] Al-Ka‘bi and Shaikh ‘Isa bin Salih Al-Ḥārithī [Al Harthi] negotiating the terms for them to accept the RAF work to take place. It also contains reports about the troubles made by some of the Bedouin tribes.
Bertram Sidney Thomas reported on his observation on the proposed seaplane flight along the south Arabian coast. He also sent a report (ff 82- 130) to the Sultan 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. on the proceedings of the RAF Trans-Oman Expedition which he conducted from Sohar to Sharjah between 12 May and 3 June 1927. The report is in two parts covering the following: preliminary situation; itinerary of expedition; description of country passed through; tribal situation and Ibn Saud; personalities; tribal considerations and the air route.
The volume also includes correspondence with the Sultan of Socotra regarding the construction of landing ground in his territory near Qishn. It also includes correspondence about the Air Ministry’s interest in extending the reconnaissance to establish landing grounds along the southern coast of Arabia.
Among other correspondents in the volume are: 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; Muscat and Oman, Council of Ministers; and C Hilton Keith, Squadron Leader RAF, Sohar.
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- 1 volume (233 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.'
- Pages
- 72r:73v, 79r:130v, 135r:135v, 141r:143v, 163r:166v, 174r:174v, 178r:180v, 204r:206v
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- Thomas, Bertram Sidney
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