Coll 20/10 'Muscat: S. W. Boundary of (Muscat-Aden): Spheres of Responsibility of the Air Authorities in Iraq and Aden' [89r] (177/200)
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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Confidential
19 3C» from fae Hon’dle Lieu tenant-Col.on.el H. V. Biscoe, I.A.,
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 the Persian Gul^
Secretary to the Government of India,
I have the honour to state that when I visited Muscat in
December last Kis Highness the Sultan mentioned to me that he
wished to bring to the notice of the Government of India that
the southern boundary of the Muscat State was Has Darbat Ali,
as he thought there was some ambiguity about the matter. I
suggested to His Highness that he should address the Political
Agent on the subject as it was obviously not a matter on
which it was possible to express an opinion off hand.
2. His Highness has now therefore sent a letter on the subject
to 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.
of which I Enclose a translation for
the information of the Government of India. As far as I am
aware there is no local dispute about the boundary* but the
reason why His Highness has raised the question is that in 1880
the boundary betv/een the jurisdiction of 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, and the Resident at Aden was fixed at Ras Shajir -
vide Poreign and Political Department Ho. 650-E.P., dated the
18th February 1880, to the. Secretary to the Government of
Bombay, Political Department. Though this boundary should
of course coincide with that of the boundaries of the Muscat
State, it apparently was not considered necessary at the time
to define the latter and Colonel Ross esz expressly suggested
in his letter Ho. 236 of the 30th June 1879 to the Foreign
and Political Department that the limits of the respective
jurisdictions should be fixed “apart from any question of the
limits of the Sultan of Muscat* s jurisdiction to the south’*.
As His Highness the Sultan of Muscat has hov/ever now raised
the question it would seem desirable to settle It.
3. The Dhufar District admittedly belongs to Muscat and
Lorimer, Vol, II, P. 442, gives its western boundary as include
ing the village of Kharifot which is 17 miles west of Ras
Shaj ar.
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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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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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- front, front-i, 2r:26v, 28r:90v, 92r:94v, 98r:99v, back-i, back
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