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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' [45r] (89/200)
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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tiie west, scattered about midst the I, ahra and Bait Kathir
are a numb r ol snail Hadara tribeBf non—Arab survivals.
Thus to the westward of Hat in its lower courses is found
the Bilhaf, a rather nondescript tribe owing allegiance to
no fac:ion* but Mahri in speech. A distinguishing featu e
of their dress is that they carry a knife# not a dagger# in
Uaeir belts. They neither raid nor are raided, and like
the Salub of llejd are accepted as a rabia by all. They
are also servants of the Shrine of Jauhari (Uiam al Tabbakh)
where the Mahra pay pilgrimages and make sacrifices. At the
eastern extremity of the Uram al Halt system
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Andhaur la
nominally a possession of the Bautahara (Bit Ijhor) though
~he Mahra tribesmen are usually in evidence there. The
Bautahara# a now dwindling and declasse tribe most of
whom are fishennen# with an exclusive language# were
once the reputed possessors of the whole eastern steppe from
v/adi Ghudaun (of the Kathir) to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Qadun(?) (of the
arasis), while the western steppe is reputed to have
belonged to the now legendary Bin Dhurbut. Elements of
another small tribe# ’Afar, live in Habarut with the Mahra
and the equally obscure Bait ash Shaikh (Bit Istait or
sometime Insakht), and thought to be collateral with the
dhahara, occupy
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ingudan near the water-hole of Hanun.
To the westwards of the Urarn al Hait system the Mahra tribe
extends to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rama# thence Manshil to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Jauf:
’Awamir succeed as far as
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khadhra, whence commences
the Sa’ar habitat.
A, a point about ten miles eastward of Daraqut the
flat sandy plain in which Gheida lies is abruptly
terminated by a steep and remarkable straight wall of
mountain which runs down to the sea at an angle of about
1+5 Jegrees (FALIK). Damqut itself appears as a snail
village/
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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'
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- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 28r:90v, 92r:94v, 98r:99v, back-i, back
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