‘File 2/23 R.A.F. Landing Ground at SHINAS’

Title:

‘File 2/23 R.A.F. Landing Ground at SHINAS’

Date:

1937/1946

Description:

Abstract: The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the landing ground at Shinas. The correspondence discusses the outstanding payment of the rent of the petrol store at Shinas, and the delivery of the Imperial Airways petrol and oil stored at Shinas to Khimji Ramdas Company.The correspondence also discusses a Royal Air Force (RAF) request for permission from the Government of Muscat and Oman for the inspection and the re-marking of the landing ground at Shinas, in order to make it suitable for modern high-speed aircraft. The file includes correspondence between the Muscat Government and the Wali of Shinas, Ali bin Mudhaffar, asking for his assistance with the work taking place in his region.The main correspondents in the file are: the Political Agency, Muscat; Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq; Imperial Airways; and the Government of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 76; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-76; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Air force
Airfields
Civil aviation

Geographic region:

Shinas

Rights:

غير معروف

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0002f0_ar
81055/vdc_100000000831.0x0002f0_en
IOR/R/15/6/104
IOR/R/15/6/104

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