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'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement' [20r] (39/116)
The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 27 Apr 1950-31 Dec 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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Secret
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
P3/61/50*
Sahr jeh
29th June.1950
Your 460/2/50 about the Sharjah Airfield*
2* The following are iqy corai ents. Referencee are to Lewie*
tetter*
3* (A) The additional part of the runway is not included in
h present Air Agreement and there has been no suggestion of
including it in the new Air Agreement*
(B) I may have misunderstood your letter» but I have not
p approached the Ruler of Sharjah as I observe the matter
is Secret • If you wish me to do sc, will you please tel eg
-raph me immediately? Also, may I assure him that some extra
payment will be made for the extra land?
(C) To divert the track will involve cutting a road in the
sandstone hillocks at the ETotth Western end of the proposed
runway* This must be done before any work begins as there
is no possibility of crossing the hillocks at present, and
the creek shore can only be used at low tide*
(D) This would be aygwrt difficult to control,but presumabl
could be done* Could not the road be sunken, thereby avo^
-ing the problem? It wlllk have to be cut in the stone i.
any case*
(E) At present, that district of Sharjah is a burial grou
and is not likely to be developed* I think this could be ar?
-ng«d
L.A.G PIHHEY ESQ O.B.E.
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RSSUffiHCY
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The file contains correspondence covering negotiations over a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement. Particulars include matters of rent payments, an expansion of the runway, and proposed additions to the draft agreement in line with the Kuwait Air Navigation Regulations. 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, Patrick Desmond Stobart, the Foreign Office, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, the Politcal 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 Bahrain, the Office of the Air Staff Liaison Officer at Bahrain, the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī, and the acting ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr Āl Qasimī.
The file also includes correspondence relating to the arrangements for the payment due to the Shaikh of Sharjah and Shaikh Muḥammad bin Saqr's request for help paying the annual subsidy to the Bani Qitab tribe.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (56 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in reverse chronological order.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 58; 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.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/4/6
- Title
- 'File 0436/2 Sharjah Air Agreement'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:6v, 8r:57v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence