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'File 14/5 Correspondence regarding Postal arrangements at Shargah and Dubai' [‎128r] (255/536)

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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from Sharjph £8 on one or two occasions he refused
a Sharjah launcn/jbo take the Dibai mails from the
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steamer at Sharjah to Dibai and sent his launch to
take them, I replied that in that case they should
make some arrangement with the Shaikh of Dibai by
which khs Sharjah launch could bring the Sharjah
mails from Dibai and that a Dibai launch should take
the Dibai mails from Sharjah. (The point seems to be
that steamers call once a week at Shrrjah and once
a week at Dibai and that the two Rulers must make
some amicable agreement about the cerriege of mails
between the two ports), ’/bdullah bin Faris seemed
doubtful whether the Shaikh of Dibai would accept
such an arrangement but 1 do not think that he quite
understood what he wanted as he harped for a long time
on the •Company* paying double charges O’Ting to a
Dibai launch landing the mails at Dibai and a Sharjah
launch taking them from there, I ended up by saying
that Government were net interested in the Post Office
at Sharjah but it was the Shaikh who wanted it. I
was not prepared to ask the Shr ikh of Dibai to allow
the Shaikh of Sharjah to carry mails within his
territory if he (Sharjah) was not prepared to allow
the Shaikh of Dibai to carry his mails in Sharjah
territory. I ended up by saying that it was useless
making a trouble over this matter as otherwise Govern
ment might drop the question of having a Post Office
in Sharjah altogether.
4. I think the heat thing is to write to the
Shaikh at Sharjah putting the position before him.

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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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