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'File 0436 Sharjah Air Agreement' [‎2r] (3/110)

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The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 12 Feb 1948-28 Jan 1950. 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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D.O. No. c/195. The 12th February, 1948.
I enclose a copy of the original Sharjah Air
.Agreement and also of 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. Memorandum No.1285-3
dated the 4th July, 1947, and its enclosures, which
you saw when you acted as 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.
I also enclose a table which I have made out showing
the different kinds of payments, and a modification^
and proposals for the future regarding them.
2. Jassim will remember that Ranee visited Sharjah
in January, 1947, and after tha^Galloway fwho aofro4
£as 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. ) reported 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.
that, as regards the air agreement, the Shaikh of
Sharjah’s requests concern
(i) increase of his personal subsidy;
(ii) in the rent of the Rest House; and
(iii) rent for the buildings in the addi
tional area on the map signed by the
Shaikh, received with your memorandum
No.781-6/3(B) dated the 11th May, 1944,
and forwarded herewith in original ( return
reques ted ).
Galloway recommended that the Shaikh’s personal subsidy
should be increased to Rs.1,000/- per month, that no
increase should be made in the rent of the Rest House,
and that a ground rent should be paid to him since the
date of the termination of the war with Japan for the
"additional area”. In further correspondence with the
/Political
G.N* Jackson, Ssq., M.B.E.,
Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , S har jah.

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The file contains correspondence relating to a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement between the British government and the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī]. The correspondence is between the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah, Gordon Noel Jackson (later, Patrick Desmond Stobart), 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. at Bahrain, Cornelius James Pelly, the Political 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī, and his brother, Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr.

The correspondence covers the discussion over the particulars of the agreement, including rent payments, landing fees, guard salaries, and the Shaikh's personal subsidy. There is also correspondence relating to the arrangements for Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr to sign the final agreement in the absence of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, who was in Bombay recovering from sickness.

Folios 10-12 and 25-30 are drafts of the agreement.

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1 file (53 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 55; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-54 and ff 2-9 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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