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'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters' [204r] (420/506)
The record is made up of 1 volume (248 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-24 Dec 1931. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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.
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3. fhough geographically within the limits of the Muscat
State, Politically the latter has no control whatever over
the Island, the inhabitants of which consider themselves
entirely independent. In these circumstances there appeared
to he no advantage, rather the contrary, in obtaining any
letter of authority from the State, though I inforned the
Council of Ministers informally of my intended visit. On the
other hand, as stated in my telegram No. 69-C of 16th March,
the presence of intermediaries known to the inhabitants of
the Island should prove useful. On our 1 way to Masirsh,
therefore, we picked up at Sur Sheikh Muhamad bin Rashid,
Jumah bin Mubarak and Abdullah bin Khamis of the Fuwaris
section of the Jenebeh, Abdullah himself bein£^ one of the
Headmen of the Island (See para. 4 below). We reached Umm
Rasas on the evening of the 28th, and Commander Startin and
I forthwith landed the three intermediaries who seemed to
meet with a favourable reception. They had been instructed to
explain to the local inhabitants what was the object of our
visit, and to endeavour to win them over. A w/t message was
sent to Squadron Leader Bent ley asking him to fly down to Umm
Rasas the next morning.
Ma si rah Island*
4. On the morning of the 29th I landed at Umm Rasas and
had a short conversation with the intermediaries and the
local Headmen. The Sheikh of Masirah was not present - it was
reported that he was out in his 3adan fishing, but messengers
had been sent out during the night to collect Headmen from the
rest of the Island, and these were expected in the course of
the day. It must be explained, from what I learnt, that the
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain, Kuwait and Muscat; officials in the 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. and the Government of India; the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; officials of the Air Ministry, London; Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, the Adviser to the Bahrain Government; RAF (Royal Air Force) officials at the Iraq Command; the High Commissioner of Iraq at Baghdad; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; and members of No. 203 Squadron RAF.
The correspondence concerns the establishment of an air route along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; seaplane reconnaisance missions in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. carried out by No. 203 Squadron RAF; the construction of landing grounds, seaplane anchorages and refuelling stations at various locations along the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , including Kuwait, al-Ḥasā’, Bahrain, Qatar, Ṣīr Banī Yās, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwayn, Ra's al-Khaymah, Muscat and Maṣīrah island.
Also included within these papers are:
- Sketch map of northern Bahrain depicting Manamah and Sitrah Island (f. 85);
- Notes by the Air Staff on the Regulations of Air Control in Undeveloped Countries, dated 21 November 1928 (f. 65);
- Plan Showing Landing Ground in Bahrein (f. 108B);
- Details of Air Chief Marshal Sir William Geoffrey Hanson Salmond's 1929 air journey to India;
- Details of Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon's 1931-32 air journey to India.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (248 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- 'File 7/4 Aviation and Air Force Matters'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:22v, 22ar:22av, 23r:76v, 78v:84v, 86r:107v, 108ar:108av, 109r:118v, 121v:122v, 124v:163v, 163ar:163av, 164r:198v, 198ar:198av, 199r:246v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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