'File 9/6 Naval and Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island and Um al Quwain'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 9/6 Naval and Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island and Um al Quwain'
- Date:
- 1936/1947
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence and other papers connected to a survey of the area around the Kuria Muria Islands, in connection with the development of the Muscat-Aden air route. The papers cover: the question of control and legal status of the islands; the effort to obtain permission for the survey from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and arrangements for the Political Agent, Muscat, to join the survey. At the back of the file are several reports on the survey work, interactions with the inhabitants of Masirah Island, and other information of a medical, political, meteorological, anthropological, geological, and ecological nature (folios 48-73).Correspondence comes from: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Muscat; the Residency, Aden; the India Office; the Colonial Office; the Government of India, External Affairs Department; the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf; the Admiralty; and the Air Officer Commanding, Iraq.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 74, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Surveys
- Geographic region:
- Kuria Muria Islands
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000058_ar
81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000058_en
IOR/R/15/6/313
IOR/R/15/6/313