Author
an agent.
Publication Date
21 Apr 1930-3 Sep 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
112
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/96
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0002e8
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
21 Apr 1930-3 Sep 1947 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters and memoranda related to the establishment and the later evacuation of the landing ground at Ras Al-Hadd (Also Ras Al-Had).
Folios 1 to 19 are all dated 1930, and they include correspondence between the Air Headquarters, British Forces, Aden; the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Muscat; and the Muscat and Oman Government. The correspondence concerns the issuing of permission by the Sultan for the work to take place at Ras Al-Hadd. These folios also contain petitions that were raised by the local tribes against the establishment of the landing ground in their region.
The rest of the correspondence in the file is dated 1946-1947, and it is related to the arrangements for the removal of the Royal Air Force Unit at Ras Al-Hadd, and the subsequent selling of the stores and equipment belonging to the unit. Agreements were made with the Muscat Government to buy the stores. The file includes notices to tenderers which include the conditions of sale. It also includes correspondence regarding the arrangement for watchmen to be sent to safeguard the site while the evacuation was taking place. The company of Khimji Ramdas was in charge of payment matters.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Folios 108-113 are file notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File 2/19