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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' [55r] (109/200)
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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the representative of the Sultan of Qlshn and
Socotra. Sultan Khalifa stated that his brother was
inland as the visit was expected to take place a
month earlier. I was particularly struck by the
pleasant manner of this man and his apparent wish to
assist. During my interview on shore Sultan
Khalifa bin Abdullah, Mubarak bin 3a 1 id, an unpleasant
and voluble person who was of no assistance in fact
rather the reverse, Sa’id bin Issa and Muhammad bin
Ahmed were present. I questioned them on the sub
ject of the eastern boundary and they were all quite
clear, as had been the Sultan of Socotra, that Ras
Darbat *Ali was the point on the coast which con
stituted the dividing mark between Qishn and Oman.
Sultan Khalifa stated that he was speaking from what
he had heard and not from what he had actually seen.
His subsequent statements were agreed to by Sa’id
bin Issa, an old man who had been in the part of the
country under discussion. It appears that a
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
,
by name A1 Hanna, enters the sea just east of Ras
Darbat ’Ali. This
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
forms the boundary between
Oman and Qishn, and it runs north easterly from the
coast. The frontier apparently after following the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
turns north-westerly and eventually joins the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
A1 Masila. I was unable to discover for how far
the frontier follows the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanna but I gather for
some distance. Sultan Khalifa identified the Bin
Afrid and Bin Kadaba as being one and the same tribe
and being together with Din ’Ali Muqaddam, Bin Naji,
Bin Azale, Bin Khorshed,. Bin Muqfeh, Bin Suleimi end
Bin Qidda, subject to the Sultan of Qishn and Socotra.
He
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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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