Author
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Publication Date
21 Nov 1936-6 Jan 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
339
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1141
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x00030c
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
21 Nov 1936-6 Jan 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains records of payments to the Ruler of Kalba for air facilities, for the period 28 September 1936 to 27 December 1944.
The papers consist of covering letters from 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 to 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 forwarding monthly payments of 400
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
'for rent of site and pay of the guards'; letters in Arabic (with English translations) from 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, and (from 1943) 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) (Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy) to 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 confirming payment; copies of receipts in Arabic (with English translations) from Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan al Qasimi [Shaikh Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba; and some related correspondence. The original receipts were sent 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 file also contains a single group of papers following the same format recording a payment to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai for rent of commercial airbase, in accordance with the terms of the Dubai Civil Air Agreement, for the period 22 February to 22 March 1941, March 1941 (folios 176-178).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The correspondence 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, and terminates with a set of notes between folios 329-340. Circled serial numbers in red crayon, which occur occasionally in the correspondence, refer to entries in the notes.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office files: 4/25 I
