'File 4/59 REMITTANCE TO SHARJAH FOR AIR FACILITIES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST'

IOR/R/15/2/1165

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The record is made up of 1 file (76 folios). It was created in 20 Apr 1948-20 Dec 1950. 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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The file concerns the sending of remittances by the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain to the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah as payment to the Rulers of Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Kalba, and Dubai for air facilities on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .

The file includes correspondence between staff of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain, and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Sharjah; statements of payments made for air facilities on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. for the period April 1948 to September 1950; and associated correspondence.

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1 file (76 folios)
Arrangement

The correspondence is filed in chronological order from the front to the back of the file, and terminates in a set of notes between folios 71-77. There are also some handwritten figures on folio 78 (the inside back cover). Circled serial numbers in crayon and ink (red for incoming, blue for outgoing correspondence) refer to entries in the notes.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 78; 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 A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English in Latin script
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Archival file

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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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Archive reference
IOR/R/15/2/1165
Former external reference(s)
English Office files: 4/59

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Date(s)
20 Apr 1948-20 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subjects
Airfields
People & organisations
Trucial Coast Political Agency

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