‘File 7/2 V Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ [‎25r] (60/659)

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The volume contains correspondence and other papers related to ongoing negotiations with various Shaikhs on the Arab coast, for the installation of aerodrome facilties for use by the Royal Air Force (RAF) and Imperial Airways. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Tom Hickinbotham, 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 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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 at Sharjah, ‘Abd al-Razzaq.

The volume contains correspondence on the following: negotiations for an aerodrome at Kalba, including British recognition of the Shaikh of Kalba’s independence, and the question of gun salutes in the Shaikh’s honour; arrangements for a survey of the lagoon at Umm al-Qaywayn for its use as a landing site for seaplanes, including negotiations with the Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn for permission to conduct the survey, and threats against the Shaikh (removal of travel papers, obstruction of pearling fleet) in response to his non-compliance in survey arrangements; extended aerodrome facilities at Sharjah, including meteorological station, wireless station, and extended accommodation (fold-out architectural plan of the proposals on folio 160); proposals to move the petrol dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. at Ra’s al-Khaymah to a safer mooring; discussions over whether to retain a petrol dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. at Dubai.

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1 volume (319 folios)

Arrangement

The contents of the volume have been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. There is a set of office notes at the end of the volume (folios 289-317) which mirrors the chronological arrangement.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is an incomplete foliation sequence and a complete foliation sequence. The complete foliation sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. Some of the folios are numbered as part of a Foreign Office sequence (circled in red crayon). The complete foliation sequence, which should be used for referencing, begins on the first folio with text, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing, on number 317. The following foliation anomalies occur: f 74 is followed by f 74A; f 139 is followed by f 139A.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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