Author
Ibrahim bin Muhammad al Madfa’ the clerk of the Ruler of Sharjah and his brother Isa
Publication Date
15 Mar 1935-24 Oct 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
52
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1883
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00026a
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
15 Mar 1935-24 Oct 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to three reported incidents at Sharjah Aerodrome, involving the servants, staff and property of Imperial Airways and its successor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The three cases are: the investigation and conviction of refuelling clerk Muhammad Hajiih for the theft of cash from the Wireless Office in 1937; the search and recovery of a missing canoe belonging to Imperial Airways in 1939; the investigation of a complaint made in 1940 by Ibrahim bin Muhammad al Madfa’ the clerk of the Ruler of Sharjah and his brother Isa, a pearl merchant, against two clerks employed by BOAC, concerning the embezzlement of pearls entrusted to them for dispatch by air freight. The main correspondents are 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.
at Bahrain, 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 at Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi] the Ruler of Sharjah, and the airline’s Station Superintendent at Sharjah. Included in the correspondence is a witness statement made in 1940 by Mr G C Sen Gupta the BOAC Cashier and Accounts Clerk. There are both Arabic and English copies of the letters exchanged between the Ruler of Sharjah and 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.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: B/16
