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‘File 7/2 III Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ [228r] (478/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (251 folios). It was created in 24 Mar 1935-19 Dec 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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13th May 1935.
Khan Sahib Husain bin Hasan 'Amad, Assistant
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, says that Abu Dhabi owns
^ 0 ^ s ' ^ ese boats get their advances
and supplies from Ahmaa bin iaiaa£ Jaa n Ji it.aibah who is
the chief pearl merchant. They are now diving the
Khanchiyah which will be over within 15 days time. When
the Khanchiyah is over they go back to Abu Dhabi in
order to take supplies and within 5 days time they
start again for the big Ghaus(Diving), which lasts
for four months. Usually a big boat can take supplies
■".or a ^ ou t one month while_small boats can tske fnr s
fortnight♦ Whenever they are short of supplies they
retar n to Abu Dhabi to take rations or write to Ahmad
bin Khalaf who sends his cargo boats with supplies.
The launch of Ahmad bin Khalaf goes out for collecting
the pearls from the Diving Boats but does not carry
supplies for distribution among his boats. Should
these boats be preventea from going to Abu Dhabi for
aupplies,they will be able to buy the same from the
8.1)6
nearest place to the bank they/diving. When tiiey are
permitted by Ahmad bin 'Utaiabkh they can get supplies
on creait and give a draft against Ahmad bin 'Utaibah
vhicL can be co^iecteo. at the close of the diving season.
Khan Sahib Husain suggests, for the purpose
of bringing pressure to bear on the Shaikh, that Ahmad
bin 'Jtaibah shoulc. be from going out for
He also thinks thst if theywhole fleet is
£reventea from PiTiBg- it will have a better affect.
The Living Boats of Abu Dhabi get their water
supplies bj purchasing the same from the v/ater-boats
who come from Khasab, Dibai and ais.
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- Content
The volume is a continuation of correspondence from ‘File 7/2 II Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ (IOR/R/15/2/264), its contents relating to ongoing negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government, Royal Air Force, and Imperial Airways, on the installation and maintenance of air facilities along the Arab coast, between Qatar and Ra’s al-Khaymah. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, 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, and Captain A Cole, Officiating 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 main issues raised in the volume are:
1. Disagreements between British officials and Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan of Abu Dhabi, over the installation of a petrol store at Abu Dhabi, not officially mentioned in the agreement signed between the two parties on 13 February 1935, and only verbally agreed upon. In a letter addressed to the Shaikh, dated 5 June 1935, Fowle threatened action against Abu Dhabi’s pearling fleet, should he continue to raise objections to the expansion of air facilities in his domains (folios 64-66). Fowle’s letter led to an angry exchange between Shaikh Shakbut and British officials aboard HMS Fowey (reported in a letter from Cole to Fowle, folios 93-97), which in turn led to protracted mediations prior to Shaikh Shakbut issuing a formal apology over his outburst (folios 122-23).
2. Proposals for a seaplane anchorage at Umm al-Qaywayn (folios 138-40a), including a visit to the Arab coast by Mr B Cross, Manager of the Near East Area for Imperial Airways Limited, in order to ascertain the best site for such a facility (folios 185-87).
The volume also contains a number of revised schedules of air facilities required along the Arab coast of the Gulf, listing facilities by both location and by RAF or civil aviation function (folios 68-72, 173-75a, 196-200).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (251 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s correspondence is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. Some items in the volume are marked with red or blue crayon numbers (for incoming or outgoing items respectively), and are prefixed by the letters S.No [Serial number]. This numbering system constitutes part of the original filing arrangement, and is referred to in the office notes at the end of the file (folios 230-44).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An earlier foliation system, which uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos, runs through the volume. The following anomalies occur in the main foliation system: 1a-1e, 79a, 140a, 167a, 195a, 241a. The following folios are fold-outs: 7, 11, 13, 20, 64, 76.
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- Title
- ‘File 7/2 III Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:19v, 21r:50v, 55v, 57v, 60r:79v, 79ar:79av, 80r:140v, 140ar:140av, 141r:166v, 167ar:167av, 169r:175v, 175ar:175av, 176r:202v, 204r:217v, 218v:241v, 241ar:241av, 242r:248v, back-i
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