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'File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.' [94r] (198/474)
The record is made up of 1 volume (233 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1926-22 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 Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Air scheme the Hhin end of t,he weage’ and apprehend an
extension of British interference and influence in rracial
Oman*
4 . 4 . *.he Baduin tribes of the DHAHXRAU are suspitious
lest co-opf.ration wiUi us may rouse Bin Baud, or rather
BIH JAJiUWI» of whose raiding tribes they live in dread.
b. The role assumed by the Biraimi Ha’ia is intell-
-igible. Besides their fear of Bin Baud they may not
Kfiand with impunity offend
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Chiefs on whose
ports they depend.
6 . Sharjah, through personal unpopularity wiih his
own subjects and the neighbouring Ghaiiriyah tribes of
Bani Qitab and Bani i a’ab, is willy nilly a puppet of
Bibai’s witness Bibfd’s interference in Sharjah affairs
(\ppandix I). In the Chra^ah letter to Sh&ifch Salim
(Appendix A) j^uggest it is not improbable that the hand is
the hand of Isau but the voice, the voice of Jacob.
7. 7he opi>csitlon of Abu I>habi, J ibai, Ba’im,
hhuwahir, Sharjah is explicable on grounds of a common
identity of interests.
B. liin Sand's agent's arrival, wivether accidenv&l
or designed, coinciding i*s it did with the expedition,
provoked tribal unrest and played into opposition hands.
But he was probably merely a tax-gatherer. tribes
of Dhahirah when they pay fcakat, do so ouc of tear or
expediency and not from inclination.
9. Abu Dhabi could at any time after Bin Baud's
agent’s departure from the Dhahirah have secured our visit
to Biraimi and thence to \bu Dhabi. This is the prevail-
-ing view in Oman. It is shared by the British Agent
at : harjah. If the Koyal Air Force Autharitiee, as it
would appear probable, consider the landing ground as
located at MLAfiADHAH now renders BI UImI unnecessary for
their purposes, I would submit that for reasons of prestige,
Biraimi
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The volume contains correspondence related to the Air Staff Intelligence, Air Headquarters, Baghdad’s request for information to be obtained from Muscat regarding the possible establishment of a subsidiary air route from Iraq to India via the Arabian side of the Gulf. The required information was concerning the straight line Mirfah-Biraimi-Khaburah. Arrangements were made for some Royal Air Force (RAF) representatives to visit the region accompanied by a doctor, and Bertram Sidney Thomas, Financial Advisor to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
The correspondence contains information on the estimates of the cost of the journey including hire of camels; cost of feeding men and camels; presents to be given to the Shaikhs; wages and foodstuffs, coffee etc.
Letters were sent to various Shaikhs and Walis in Sohar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Baraimi [Buraimi] and other regions, asking them to assist the Royal Air Officers while conducting their work. The correspondence contains letters of certain Shaikhs such as Shaikh Salim bin Diyin [Dayyin] Al-Ka‘bi and Shaikh ‘Isa bin Salih Al-Ḥārithī [Al Harthi] negotiating the terms for them to accept the RAF work to take place. It also contains reports about the troubles made by some of the Bedouin tribes.
Bertram Sidney Thomas reported on his observation on the proposed seaplane flight along the south Arabian coast. He also sent a report (ff 82- 130) to the Sultan 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. on the proceedings of the RAF Trans-Oman Expedition which he conducted from Sohar to Sharjah between 12 May and 3 June 1927. The report is in two parts covering the following: preliminary situation; itinerary of expedition; description of country passed through; tribal situation and Ibn Saud; personalities; tribal considerations and the air route.
The volume also includes correspondence with the Sultan of Socotra regarding the construction of landing ground in his territory near Qishn. It also includes correspondence about the Air Ministry’s interest in extending the reconnaissance to establish landing grounds along the southern coast of Arabia.
Among other correspondents in the volume are: 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; Muscat and Oman, Council of Ministers; and C Hilton Keith, Squadron Leader RAF, Sohar.
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- 1 volume (233 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 229; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 2/10 1 II. AVIATION. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (1) Reconnaissance of Basrah, Aden, Muscat, Masirah, Murbat, Sauqrah Bay Etc. AIR ROUTE.'
- Pages
- 72r:73v, 79r:130v, 135r:135v, 141r:143v, 163r:166v, 174r:174v, 178r:180v, 204r:206v
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- Thomas, Bertram Sidney
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