Author
local inhabitants from shallow water off Ras al-Hadd in Oman. They are said to have been thrown by Royal Air Force personnel at time of closing down Ras al-Hadd. The file also includes correspondence reporting arms trafficking at Gwadur and Masirah in Oman
Publication Date
9 Apr 1946-1 Nov 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
97
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/71
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00029f
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
9 Apr 1946-1 Nov 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains telegrams, letters, and extracts from intelligence summaries related to arms trafficking in Oman. The main correspondence is related to the recovery of boxes of small arms ammunition that were recovered by local inhabitants from shallow water off Ras al-Hadd in Oman. They are said to have been thrown by Royal Air Force personnel at time of closing down Ras al-Hadd. The file also includes correspondence reporting arms trafficking at Gwadur and Masirah in Oman; the export of arms from Mukalla, in Yemen; and the detaining of consignments of arms and ammunition by the Muscat Government.
The main correspondents in the file are the British Forces Headquarters, Aden; the Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat; 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; and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
Folios 94-98 are file notes.
