Author
an agent.
and Shaikh Said bin Sultan Al-Maj‘ali for rent and care of the landing grounds at Shuwaimiya and Khor Gharum/Gharim. It also includes an extract of a report of an expedition to Shuwaimiya by the commanding officer
Publication Date
6 Dec 1934-18 Aug 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
205
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/88
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0002e0
Library Location
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.
Date
6 Dec 1934-18 Aug 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, telegrams and reports related to the Royal Air Force (RAF) reconnaissance in various regions in Oman including Sauqrah Bay (referred to as Khor Gharum/Gharim), Shuwaimiya and Khuria Muria Bay.
The volume includes correspondence with the Muscat and Oman, Council of Ministers regarding certain Shaikhs who had influence over the people of Sauqrah Bay to accompany RAF personnel during their operation there, and to help enforcing tribal responsibility for maintenance and safeguarding of the landing grounds and the petrol stores.
The volume also includes copies of agreements between the Muscat Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and Shaikh Said bin Sultan Al-Maj‘ali for rent and care of the landing grounds at Shuwaimiya and Khor Gharum/Gharim. It also includes an extract of a report of an expedition to Shuwaimiya by the commanding officer, HMS
Deptford
, covering the period March-April 1938.
Among other correspondents in the volume are 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.
, Bushire; Royal Air Force Headquarters, Iraq; Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; and the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
A number of pages have been bound into the volume upside down (ff 28-36 and 110).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File 2/10 III II- B/1- Vol. II.
