IOR/R/15/6/96

The file includes correspondence in the form of telegrams, letters and memoranda related to the establishment and the later evacuation of the landing ground at Ras Al-Hadd (Also Ras Al-Had).

Folios 1 to 19 are all dated 1930, and they include correspondence between the Air Headquarters, British Forces, Aden; the Political Agency, Muscat; and the Muscat and Oman Government. The correspondence concerns the issuing of permission by the Sultan for the work to take place at Ras Al-Hadd. These folios also contain petitions that were raised by the local tribes against the establishment of the landing ground in their region.

The rest of the correspondence in the file is dated 1946-1947, and it is related to the arrangements for the removal of the Royal Air Force Unit at Ras Al-Hadd, and the subsequent selling of the stores and equipment belonging to the unit. Agreements were made with the Muscat Government to buy the stores. The file includes notices to tenderers which include the conditions of sale. It also includes correspondence regarding the arrangement for watchmen to be sent to safeguard the site while the evacuation was taking place. The company of Khimji Ramdas was in charge of payment matters.