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'File 4/59 REMITTANCE TO SHARJAH FOR AIR FACILITIES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST' [‎3r] (5/156)

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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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Particulars of payment
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Account Head Uonth Vr.Ilo.
April 1948 Political Offic e* Truclal
Coa/,t, Sharjah
Payments to Trucial Shaikhs
for air facilities on th#
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Received from 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. , Bahrain, the sum of *&# 4 f 8?6/-
(four thousand eight hundred and seventy five only) for making following
payments to Truela1 Shaikhs for air facilities, as detailed below
1. Payments to the dbaikh of Sharjah w
(Authority - 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. telegram
$o.9381 dated 18th May, 1946.)
Personal subsidy to shaikh of Sharjah for March 1948. Ss.800/-*
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Rent for aerodrome
Temporary war allowance for 37 guards
at A,. 15/- p*'j. per head..
Pay of guards tor...
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8. Payment to Jafar nil :©ha.mnad Karia at Sharjah for shaikh
Shakbut bin Sultan, Euler of Abu" Dhabi, ©n account of
air facilities at Bir Ban! Yas Island and at AbuDhftbl
for the 158th month after the agreement dated 13th
February 1935, e .ulvalont to 9th Dhul Q&da, 1353 ——
(Authority - 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. telegram $0.2526 D/20-1C-34)
3. Payment to the Euler of Kalba on account of the rent of
the site of the landing ground and pay o** the guards
for the period 28th February to 27th March 1948 —
(authority - 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. telegram Ho.PA.7725/36 of
14th iifovembcr 1935
4. Payment to Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.B. •, Ruler of Dubai
on account of Dubai Civil Air Agreement for the 117th
month after the agr ement dated the 6th June, 1938 —
ithorlty - 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. telegram He.1187 dated' 28th
June, 1938.)
TOTAL
1000 /.
555/-
780/- Fs.3135/
400/
.itS*
400/
940/
4,875/,
ecessessxA
April, 1948.
Signatures
Political Officer,
XruciaX Coast,oharjal
No. 12b! - 4/50
POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
BAHRAIN
20th April, 1948.
Forwarded in quadruplicate to the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
Sharjah, together with a bank draft for Ks.4875/-, with the request that
the above be signed and returned early to me (in duplicate). One copy
may please be signed and sent direct to the Secretary to ths His fixcellen<
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bahrain, together with the
individual receipts for the above payments.
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for 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.
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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)
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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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