Author
the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative
Publication Date
3 Jan 1945-31 May 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
344
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1142
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x00030d
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
3 Jan 1945-31 May 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains records of payments made by the
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
, Bahrain, via the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, Sharjah, the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(POTC), and local intermediaries to the Ruler [Regent] of Kalba and other
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
rulers. The papers consist of covering letters in Arabic with English translations; receipts (also referred to as 'vouchers') in Arabic with English translations; and some related papers. The original receipts of payments to the Regent of Kalba were to be forwarded to the Secretary to the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
The records cover:
payments to Khalid bin Ahmed bin Sultan [Shaikh Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, on account of air facilities at Kalba (rent of landing ground, and pay of guards) for the period October 1944 to May 1948;
payments to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl
Qāsimī
One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
], Ruler of Sharjah, under the headings 'personal subsidy', rent of aerodrome, and pay of guards and head-guards, for the period December 1947 to February 1949;
payments to Shaikh Shakbut bin Zayid [Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on account of air facilities at Beni Yas [Şīr Banī Yās Island] and Abu Dhabi for the period October 1948 to March 1949;
payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, for rent of Civil Marine Base at Dubai creek (Dubai Civil Air Agreement) for the period January 1948 to February 1949.
The records of these payments are to be found in different parts of the file, and are not always in chronological order.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are divided into the following sections (the first four sections having separate covers):
'Payments to the Ruler of Kalba' (folios 1-159);
'Office Copy of Vouchers for Air Facilities Payment to Shaikhs of T.C. from Dec. 1947 to March 1948' (folios 160-214);
'Vouchers with Translation for the Air Facilities Payments to the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Shaikhs for the Period from December 1947 to March 1948' (folios 215-294);
'Vouchers for Air Facilities Payment to T.C. Shaikhs' (folios 295-339);
notes (folios 340-345).
The correspondence in the first section is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter; the sections containing 'vouchers' are filed in a haphazard manner.
Circled serial numbers in pen and crayon (red for received, blue/black for outgoing correspondence), refer to entries in the notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office files: 4/25 II
