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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [154r] (307/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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relations, of whom, lilos all the Truoial Shaikhs, he
appears to stand in considerable apprehension.
3. fe entered into treaty relations with ^atar in
1916 ehen the treaty was negotiated by Sir Percy Gox. In
paragraph 7 of his despatch ho. T.16, dated the 4th
"I was prepared in connection with the negotia**
tion of this Treaty to be asked by Shaikh Abdullah
to take action against his disaffected elder brother
Shaikh Ahalifah, but their relatione seem to be a
little more satisfactory at present. I offered, if
Abdullah wished, to send for Khalifah and give him
a homily and a warning, or to write one to him, but
the Shaikh thought it was not necessary at present,
but said he would ask for such help later if the
circumstances made it unavoidable. He thought
Khalifah's line of action would be, not any open
opposition, but the incitement of ftifeimMtai bedulns to
harass (&tar ao as to discredit his (Abdullah's) ruleV
It is to this the Shaikh presumably refers when he said
that he could not understand what Government's mMsmbb
objection was to giving him the assistance which he might
never have to ask for and that sir Percy Cox has been on
the point of entering into such an agreement with him but
that the matter had not been finally settled and that since
the days of Colonel Trevor it had not been revived. I do
not know of which particular relative the Shaikh is
apprehensive nowadays, but his present request seems to
be similar to that which he put forward to sir Percy Cox.
4. It may not be out of place to summarise briefly
our recent dealings with qatar in connection with air
facilities. In this connection 1 would Invite a reference
to my letter Ho. 285-b of the 26th June 1930, in which
I reported that the Royal Air jforce wished to reconnoitre
Dohah in qatar and also Yae Island for possible landing
grounds, and recalled that Sir Lionel Hawarth had expressed
November 1916, to the Government of India, Sir Percy Cox
wrote:
the view that the shaikh might be brought to agree if we
undertook
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Qatar, if an offer of British protection is to be made to the Shaikh of Qatar in return for an oil concession for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In respect of this second topic, the file also contains material regarding a reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Air Force over Qatar on the 9 May 1934 to identify suitable sites for such facilities. It includes a copy of a report on the reconnaissance – submitted by Bomber Squadron No 84, Shaibah, Iraq – on folios 27-32, along with a tracing of Qatar (folio 7) and a number of aerial photographs (folios 8-22) referenced in the report.
A draft copy of the Qatar Oil Concession can be found on folios 93-101, and notes of amendments proposed by the British Government can be found on folios 80-89. In addition, a number of 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. memoranda have also been included towards the back of the file: El Qatar, 1908-16 (folio 167), The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs, 1908-28 (folios 168-71), and a Précis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 164-67).
The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of the 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. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (171 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1956
- Title
- Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 23r:92v, 102r:172v, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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