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'File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai' [‎68r] (135/536)

The record is made up of 1 file (266 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1932-27 Mar 1940. 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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assist you is that in the near future we propose to alter our
arrangements at Shargah so as to provide relief staff being
sent there at certain periods of the year, and there would
probably not be the kind of continuity in our staff that you
might wish to have so far as the postal arrangements are
concerned.
If it is possible for you to make other arrangements,
I am to suggest that this would appear to be preferable and
perhaps you would please give further consideration to the
matter.
We appreciate that you should have asked us to do
this work for you, and we can assure you that we are anxious
to co-operate with you and assist in any way that is
reasonably possible.
Copy of a letter Ho.WJ/884, dated the 14th October 1933,
from the Station Superintendent, Imperial Airways* -^td.
Sharjah to the Superintendent, Post Offices, Karachi.
In reply to your letter No. A. 391, dated the 20th
ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that I shall be
pleased to assist you and the public of Shai^ah in performing
the post office work at this station, in terms of my agreement
with the Inspector of Post offices, a copy of vhich is append
ed herewith. You will observe that it was agreed that Rs,
20/- would be accepted if the work to be done was on the
same lines as that done by the British India Steam Navigation
Company’s agent, which was in connection with the sea mail
unregistered articles. If the air mail were to be included
than the amount should be raised to Rs. 30/- per mensem.
If registration money orders etc. were required, then the
remuneration should be enhanced accordingly.
I would remind you that some years back when the post
office at Jask was controlled by the Indian Government, one
of the Indo-European Telegraph Department officials
performed

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The file contains correspondence and telegrams discussing the proposal to open a Post Office in Sharjah and Dubai. The Ruler of Sharjah requests that the name of Sharjah is printed on the stamps. The file also contains agreements with Imperial Airways for the delivery of mail, and arrangements for a suitable office at Sharjah. Whilst the Ruler of Dubai is initially against the opening of a Post Office in his town, further discussions develop in 1938 for the opening of a Post Office in Dubai (sketch on folio 208).

The principal correspondents are: the Ruler of Sharjah (Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ); the Ruler of Dubai (Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm); Imperial Airways; the Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited; the Superintendent of Post Offices, Lower Sind and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Division, at Karachi; the Director of Post and Telegraphs at Karachi; 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 (Khan Bahadur Isa bin Latif, and from 1936 Khan Sahib Husain bin Hasan 'Amad); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Kuwait; 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. ; and 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.

There is some correspondence in Arabic, with English translation, with 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, the Ruler of Sharjah and the Ruler of Dubai.

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1 file (266 folios)
Arrangement

The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are notes at the end of the file, on folios 236-277. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file; they give a brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 268; 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 4-235 and ff 236-267; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and red ink, but are either partially circled or not circled.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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