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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Subject Landing grounds Name Political Agent and Consul, Muscat, 1861-1971

1. IOR/L/PS/12/1951

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1951
Title:
Coll 5/6 ‘Muscat-Aden Air Route: Survey of Masirah Island’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the establishment of facilities along the southern coast of Oman for a proposed Muscat-Aden air route. It predominantly consists of reports on expeditions to establish (or repair) landing grounds and petrol storage facilities at the following locations: Masirah Island,...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Apr 1931-18 Aug 1938
Extent:
1 file (169 folios)

2. IOR/L/PS/12/1984

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1984
Title:
Coll 5/33 ‘Air-route to India: Landing ground at Gwadur; Muscat Civil Air Agreement’
Scope & Content:
The file contains notes and correspondence related to the use of the Gwadur Aerodrome by Imperial Airways and the Royal Air Force. It also therefore covers the negotiations surrounding the Muscat Civil Air Agreement (1934), and subsequent amendments to modify the level of rent paid to the Sultan...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Apr 1933-5 Nov 1938
Extent:
1 file (360 folios)

3. IOR/L/PS/12/1985

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/1985
Title:
Coll 5/33(2) ‘AIR ROUTE TO INDIA: MUSCAT CIVIL AIR AGREEMENT (NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEW AGREEMENT)’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence and notes related to negotiations between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd, for a new Civil Air Agreement; Britain's aviation rights in Oman during the Second World War (1939-1945) had depended on a War Subsid...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Mar 1945-2 Nov 1948
Extent:
1 file (543 folios)

4. IOR/L/PS/12/2039

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/2039
Title:
Coll 5/77 ‘Muscat: including activities of U.S. Air Force and Pan-American Airways in the Middle East’
Scope & Content:
The file is concerned with the operations of Pan American Airlines in the Middle East; British officials were concerned that the airline was using the war as a pretext for commercial penetration of British controlled territories. The file therefore covers the militarisation of Pan American Airli...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Dec 1941-19 Oct 1946
Extent:
1 file (206 folios)