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1. ‘Persian Gulf. Aggressions of Sheikh Syf bin Humood upon the territories of the Acting Governor of Muskat and the projected attack by Sheikh Sultan bin Sugger upon Khai Fakawn Kulla and Shiras. – Vol: 22’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, consultations, and minutes cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. These political letters appear in IOR/F/4/2349/123808. The correspondents are: the Government of Bombay; Major Samuel Hennell, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Syed Soweynee [Sayyid Thuwaynī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd], Acting Governor of Muskat [Muscat]. It is the twenty-second in a series of twenty-four items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The incursions of Sheik Syf ben Humood [Sayyid Sayf bin Hamūd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] onto Syed Soweynee’s territoryThe ambitions of Sheik Sultan ben Sugger [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī of Sharjah and Ra’s al-Khaymah] to attack Khor Fakawn [Khawr Fakkan, also written as Khai Fakawn], Kulla [Kalba], and Shinas [also written as Shiras]The circumstances under which Muscat gained control of Khor Fakawn from Sultan ben Sugger.The item contains a contents page and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Draft no 334 of 1850’, ‘Coll[ection] 4’, and ‘Collection No 2 of No 1’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 405, and terminates at f 413 as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
2. ‘File 2/23 II. AVIATION. B. ROYAL AIR FORCE. (3M) R.A.F. Landing Ground at Shinas’
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- Abstract: The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters, related to exploring the possibility of a landing ground at Shinas for the use of the Royal Air Force (RAF). The landing ground was for emergency landing and presumably a petrol dump. The file also includes correspondence related to obtaining permission for Imperial Airways to land at Shinas.The main correspondents in the file are: the Political Agency, Muscat; Air Headquarters, British Forces in Iraq; the Political Residency, Bushire; the Government of Muscat and Oman; Air Ministry, London; the Secretary of State for India, London; and the Foreign and Political Department, Government of India.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 82; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
3. ‘File 2/23 R.A.F. Landing Ground at SHINAS’
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- 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.
4. 'File 2/41 AIR FACILITIES (AMERICAN)'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence in the form of telegrams and letters related to the American civil air facilities in Muscat. The United States Government asked to obtain permission from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to fly over but not to land in his territories in operation of a route from Basra to Bombay via Dhahran. The main American air-transport company concerned is Trans-Continental and Western Airways.The file also contains correspondence regarding the following: the use of Shinas landing ground by the Americans; the United States Government developing an airport at Dhahran on the Persian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia; and surveys taking place by Americans in the Batinah region of Oman.The main correspondents in the file are: the India Office, London; the Political Agent, Muscat; and the Political Resident, Bushire and Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 42; 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 34-38; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.