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'File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc' [‎26v] (52/130)

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The record is made up of 1 file (63 folios). It was created in 15 Jun 1930-8 Jun 1948. 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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3d. Isa tin Abdul Latif ? 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. A
gent, Sharjah.
British Government shall make me the following oayments.;-
(1) Pay for 35 guards and two chiefs at the rate of
ks.20 p.m. for each guard and Ks.40 p.m. for each
of the two head guards, payment to commence from
the date the guards are appointed.
- (.ii)Hent for air station Ks.800 p.m. pa 2 r ment to com
mence from the date the first commercial aeroplane
lands.
(iii)Pent for the Pest House Ps.300 p.m.
. The Government shall advance me by instalments such
sums as may be considered reasonable by the Engineer suoer-
. vising the work for the construction of the building and no
rent shall be payable to me until all the sums advanced have ^
been repaid. The Government will supoly gratis doors, win-
dov/s and steel joists and corrugated iron. x
(iv) For the responsibillty that i have accepted, a
* personal subsidy of Ks. 500.p.m. to commence from
1st July, 1032.
—(v) — A—landing fee of ks.5. for'every Commercial aero-
olane that lands on the aerodrome. Ho charges
shall be made for aeroplanes belonging to the Koval
Air Force.
The Company and their employees shall not deal'dire-yy,
ct with the Shaikh but through the Kesidency Agent or Poli
tical Resident.
This Agreement shall be for Eleven Years but pay
ments will only be made for so long as the facilities are
utilised.
Should the British Government reouire to renew this
Agreement at the end of the above period they may do so pro
vided three months’ notice is given me.
Should there be any dispute as to the text of this
Agreement the English wording shall prevail.
Sd. TT .P.P.Pickson,
Lt-Col.,
for the Honourable 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. .
Sd. Sultan bin Saqar,
(& sealed ) Ruler of Sharjah.
22nd July 1932.
Witnesses
Sd. Edward C.Denison,Capt.P.N. .Commanding T - T .! T .S."Bidefov
3 d. Humaid bin All bin Puma id.

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The file contains copies of the following agreements:

  • Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad 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. ], ruler of Kalba, for facilitation of an airfield, 28 August 1936;
  • Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum [Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], ruler of Dubai, for the provision of a jolly-boat for storage of petrol in Dubai creek, 15 December 1933;
  • Agreement between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum, 10 May 1939;
  • Dubai Commercial Air Agreement between the British Government and Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum, 22 July 1938 (with renewals on 3 May 1943 and 8 June 1948);
  • Agreement of Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], ruler of Ras al Khaimah, to provide for petrol storage and protection of aeroplanes, and a guarantee for the security of Khan Bahadur Isa, 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, 15 June 1930;
  • Agreement between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], ruler of Sharjah, 18 January 1940;
  • Agreement between the British government and Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar for the establishment of an air station in Sharjah, 22 July 1932 (with renewal on 22 July 1943);
  • Agreement of Shaikh Sa’id bin Maktum to charter his motor launch to the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the Government of India, 16 November 1941;
  • Agreement between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Said bin Maktum for the lease of a plot of land near the creek, map included (folio 42), 1 May 1944;
  • Agreement between the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Messrs. Hussain bin Hassan Emad, Abdul Rahman bin Hussain, and Ali Abdullah Awazi to act as company agents in Dubai, 1 September 1946.

Included is correspondence between 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 and Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, 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 (Bahrain from 1946), and a number of Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. rulers. The correspondence is related to renewals of air agreements.

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1 file (63 folios)
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The file is arranged in rough chronological order.

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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 65; 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. An additional mixed foliation/pagination sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-31; these numbers are written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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