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'File 9/5 Naval & Shipping: Facilities for Royal Navy at Muscat Sultanate' [‎83r] (165/270)

The record is made up of 1 file (134 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1942-9 Jun 1948. 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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My telegram Ho. T/290 August 14th 1945.
Sultan of Muscat recently mentioned to Political
Agent that he had been informed that a flag was still oeing
flown at Ghana® Island on Khor Kuwai.
2, In 1935 negotiations for use of island by Hoyal
Havy* Sultan w©s assured that no flag would be flown though
he subsequently agreed in 1943 to allow t- is on the under
standing that flying of flag would be war measure only.
3. As understanding is no longer operative and there
appears to be no reason to Justify further approach to
Sultan for permission to fly flagy grateful If you will
ensure that R.A.F. ensign is not flown on island.
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Copy forwarded| with complimentsy to
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. !
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the 25th March 1946.
His Majesty’s Secretary of State for Indiay
The 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. , WMSM .
The Secretary to the Governr«ent of India
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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. ,
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with reference to 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. Bndorseraent No.C/181,
dated the 14th August 1945 (and 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. telegram
Ho. T/93 dated 12th March 1946 to Muscat only).
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Correspondence and other papers concerning the establishment and maintenance of naval facilities within the territories of the Muscat Sultanate. Proposals for the following facilities are covered by the file: an examination service at Khassab for ships entering the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; a small station on Little Quoin Island; the transferral of a convoy assembly port from Bandar Abbas to Khassab Bay; a small police force at Khor Kuwai; transferral of control of Khor Kuwai to the Royal Air Force for the operation of air-sea rescue craft; permission to fly the flag on Ghanam Island; and the retention of buildings and facilities at Khor Kuwai following the end of the Second World War. Permission for all such facilities required the authority of the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] and the correspondence reflects this.

Correspondence comes from: 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. ; 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; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq; the Sultan of Muscat and his representatives; and officials at the 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. .

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1 file (134 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.

At the back of the file are internal office notes (ff 125-134).

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 135, 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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