Author
the Royal Air Force
Publication Date
2 Aug 1942-20 Apr 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
204
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/6/84
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x0002dc
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
2 Aug 1942-20 Apr 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence in the form of telegrams, and letters related to the air facilities/landing grounds at Salalah, Masirah and Ras Al-Hadd used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the work in progress there.
Among the issues discussed in the correspondence are the following: providing workers and artisans for the building of extra accommodation at Ras Al-Hadd and Masirah; ships loading and unloading; workers fleeing to Muscat; the shooting of an Arab man by one of the sentries at Ras Al-Hadd; the recruitment of an Arab guard at Ras Al-Hadd; the hiring of the Shaikh of Dubai’s launch; the payments of Shaikh Said bin Sultan and Shaikh Khamis bin Hilal of Masirah; and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and South Arabian Coast Policy.
The volume contains correspondence related to the payment of customs duty on goods and equipment imported into the State of Muscat and Oman in connection with the organisation of the Karachi-Aden Air Route. It also contains reports and nine appendixes (ff 93-111) on the landing grounds at Masirah and Ras Al-Hadd. Those reports and appendixes are prepared by G S Cooper, Civil Engineer, Air Headquarters, Iraq. Among the issues covered in the reports are the following: runways; progress of work; nature of ground; dispersal; water supply; bomb and petrol storage, as well as staff and labour.
The volume also includes correspondence with the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) providing statements for lists of goods imported to Masirah for the period between April and December. The volume also contains correspondence regarding communication with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and his views on the following: the work in progress at the landing grounds; the RAF’s plan to establish a flying boat base at Raisut (Raysut); digging a well in the RAF camp and the terms of the water agreement, raising the price of labourers, customs’ regulations; and the behaviour of the RAF staff at Salalah.
The main correspondents in the volume are 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 Assistant
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.
, Salalah; Air Headquarters, Iraq; 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.
, Bushire; and J H Campbell, Executive Engineer, Government of India, New Delhi.
Workers are referred to in the volume as '
coolies
A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory.
' [a pejorative term used by the British to refer to a non-British labourer].
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume. Folios 181-200 are file notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Subject Files: File 2/6 II-A/8
Gruplandırıldığı Yer
'APPENDIX A. RAS EL HADD SKETCH SITE PLAN'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 102
'APPENDIX B PREFABRICATED HUTTING AT RAS- EL- HADD'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 103
‘APPENDIX C. SQUADRON CAMP’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 104
‘APPENDIX D. DISTILLATION PLANT AND POWER HOUSE (DIAGRAMMATIC)’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 105
'APPENDIX E'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 106
'APPENDIX F'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, 107
'APPENDIX G. BUILDINGS AT RAS HILF’
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 108
'APPENDIX H SQUADRON CAMP RAS HILF.'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 109
'APPENDIX J. DETAILS OF SQUADRON HUTTING RAS HILF MASIRA'
2 images
Ref: IOR/R/15/6/84, f 110
