The Masafi strip didn't exist in 59/61. I think you may have landed on the new Saiq runway, which must have opened in 1962 or 1963 and was long enough to take Beverleys and maybe Argosies. The original Saiq strip was only 550yds long and at 6000 feet ASL altitude and turbulence made it a tricky place to operate into.
With roaming donkeys, rising ground and boulders at each end of the strip the makings an accident were ever present.