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‘File 2/23 R.A.F. Landing Ground at SHINAS’ [4r] (9/154)
The record is made up of 1 file (74 folios). It was created in 30 Mar 1937-10 Sep 1946. 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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(12295) Wt. 8564,677 100,000 9/32 Hw T.3663
r.a.f. Form ss. MESSAGE FORM.
. Depaptment is responsible that these detail* are transposed to the appropriate portion of the message form and that all powibility of compromising
<usu ( *)ff ms rung Migaals, etc., by omitting to remoTe their signification fn>m the address, etc., is avoided. Before delivery of the message these details are to be re-inserted in P/L.
IN
Call .—
OUT
Charge.
Sorie
In
s No.
Out
Service Instructions.
Indication of
Priority.
Words.
Time handed in.
Special Instructions.
TO* A.O.G, Hinaidi,
Imperial Airways, Sharjah.
FROM*
Political
Muscat
N-
No. of Qroups
In text.
Serial No
of Tele
gram
For Postage Stamps
To be affixed by the Sender,
and
Date Stamp.
In
System
Reader
Sender
j Receipt
Time I
OF
Out
Despatch.
[Write horizontally.)
lease tele^ra^h whether petrol etored on emergency landing ground at Shinas
leipngs to you or Imperial Airways ? Muscat Government are claiming
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
136 for cost ox construction o
f building in which petrol is stored and wages
)t caretaker at
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
10 per
mensem from June 193b to date* If petrol belongs
,o your 1 presume building was
erected and carftaicer installed your request.
1. . / AS WRITTEN t 1
This message must be sent | OB )N CYPHER/
and mayt be sent by W/T.
J Originator to insert “NOT” if message is not to go by W/T
over any part of the route,
t Strike out words inapplicable.
Originator’s Special Instructions Signature and Rank*
Degree of Priority.*
TIME OF
ORIGIN.
T.O. R.
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- Content
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the landing ground at Shinas. The correspondence discusses the outstanding payment of the rent of the petrol store at Shinas, and the delivery of the Imperial Airways petrol and oil stored at Shinas to Khimji Ramdas Company.
The correspondence also discusses a Royal Air Force (RAF) request for permission from the Government of Muscat and Oman for the inspection and the re-marking of the landing ground at Shinas, in order to make it suitable for modern high-speed aircraft. The file includes correspondence between the Muscat Government and the Wali of Shinas, Ali bin Mudhaffar, asking for his assistance with the work taking place in his region.
The main correspondents in the file are: the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat; Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq; Imperial Airways; and the Government of Muscat and Oman.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (74 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 72-75 are file notes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-76; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/6/104
- Title
- ‘File 2/23 R.A.F. Landing Ground at SHINAS’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 4r:7v, 10r:10v, 13r:13v, 20r:22v, 25r:26r, 28r:28v, 30r:37v, 41r:41v, 43r:45v, 51r:53v, 56r:59v, 62r:62v, 65r:75v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence