Author
the Royal Air Force as a war measure. The volume also contains correspondence related to the Karachi-Aden
Publication Date
8 Jan 1942-5 May 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
262
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/81
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0002d9
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
8 Jan 1942-5 May 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains telegrams, letters, and reports related to the agreement between the British and the Muscat and Oman governments to build air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd and the use of those grounds by the Royal Air Force as a war measure. The volume also contains correspondence related to the Karachi-Aden, and Muscat-Aden Air routes.
The volume includes reports related to trouble caused by a certain Shaikh of Masirah and his followers, something which affected the work taking place and forced it to stop. Further trouble was caused by '
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
' [pejorative term used by the British to refer to a non-British labourer] striking and demanding increased wages.
The volume also includes reports on the progress of the work; the budget; delays of payment claimed by the engineers; reports on ships loading and unloading at the facilities; standing orders for personnel of the Royal Air Force and British Airways stationed on the South Arabian Aerodromes in the territory of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. It also includes copies of reports sent by 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 on his tours at Salalah, Masirah and Ras al-Hadd.
The main correspondents in the volume are: 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 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Muscat.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folios 240-258 are file notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File 2/6 II/A-8
