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Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [42r] (83/200)
The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 26 Mar 1930-27 Jul 1947. It was written in English. 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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NOTE ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OP THE
ADEN PROTECTORATE,
On May 21st I left Aden By air for Qishn with
the object of gathering further information about the
eastern boundary# The principal object of the flight was
to enable the Royal Air Force to check stocks of petrol at
Marbat in the Dhufar province of Oman, at Reida, and at
Mukalla, and as the aircraft proceeded to Marbet the first
day I took the opportunity of making enquiries there about
the boundary. The information I was given was obtained
from Sheikh •Ali bin Salim Albusa’idi, the wall, and
Sheikh f Ali bin Muhammad al Qari, the resident representative
of the Qara Sheikh in Marbat.
It appears that Darbat *Ali itself is considere ,
in Marbat at any rate, as being in Omani territory. My
interpreter was informed in a conversation he had with some
of the locals that it originally belonged to Qishn but
that a Sultan of Muscat had bombarded and captured the
place and "made some mark on it".
Prom Darbat f Ali inland the boundary is said to
run as follows:
From Darbat ’Ali to Arkhiyut 1 hour
w Arkhiyut to Al Hauta 3 hours
Al Hauta to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Hana • • 1 hour
w Wali al Haim to Fiza • • 2 hours
" Fiza to ’Aful 2 hours
, Afui to Maghsil 1 hour
u Maghsil to Fadkhut 1 hour.
Between Darbat f Ali and Jadib which belongs to
Qishn is said to be a big
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
called Kheisat Baqar
between two mountains.
In connection with the apparently new suggestion
that Darbat f Ali belongs to Muscat attention may be
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The file contains correspondence, minutes, and notes concerning the south-western boundary of the Sultan of Muscat's sovereignty. The question of the exact demarcation of the boundary was raised because of a need to set the administrative boundary between 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. in Muscat and 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. in Aden and, later, the division of areas of responsibility between the air authorities in Iraq and Aden. In 1947 the question is raised again during a period of exploration for oil.
The file contains the following papers:
- Notes on his explorations of the Rub' Al Khali and the territory of the Mahra tribe by Bertram Sidney Thomas, dated 4 March 1930 and 10 January 1947 respectively (folios 97 and 27)
- Notes on the transliteration and meaning of place names by Claude Edward Urquhart Bremner, 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. in Muscat (folio 62)
- An Account of his journey to Qishn and Socotra by Captain Tom Hickinbotham, Civil Secretary in Aden, 26 April 1935 (folios 53-57)
- A sketch map of Dhofar by Bertram Thomas (folio 10).
The principal correspondents are the Air Ministry, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Government of India (Foreign Department), 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. in Aden, Admiralty, 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 Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Muscat.
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- 1 file (98 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at inside back cover with 100; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-99 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 28r:90v, 92r:94v, 98r:99v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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