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IOR/R/15/6/313
- Record Id:
- 040-000242810
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000242469
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000058
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100070001990.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/6/313
- Title:
- File 9/6 Naval and Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island and Um al Quwain
- Scope & Content:
-
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.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000242469
037-000242557
038-000242794
040-000242810 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/6 : Political Agency, Muscat
IOR/R/15/6/70-472 : Muscat Agency, Subject Files
IOR/R/15/6/298-331 : File 9: Naval and Shipping
IOR/R/15/6/313 : File 9/6 Naval and Shipping: Survey of Kuria Muria Island and Um al Quwain - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0006]/036-000242469[0003]/037-000242557[0010]/038-000242794[0016]/040-000242810
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (72 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000881.0x000058
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 21 Jul 1936-8 Apr 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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.
- Former External References:
- File 9/6
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged in chronological order, from the front to the rear.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)