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'File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc' [45r] (89/130)
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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Agreement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar, Ruler of
Shargah, and the British Government for the Estab
lishment of an Air Station at Shargah.
It having been intimated to me, Sultan bin
Saqar, Shaikh of Shargah and its villages, by Lieutenant
Colonel Sir Hugh Biscoe,
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.
, that the High British Government desire
to establish an air route along the Arab Coast for the
aeroplanes of the Imperial Airways Company (hereinafter
referred to as the Company), and that they wish to have
an air station at Shargah at which British aeroplanes
can land, I hereby agree to grant to the said Company
the following facilitiess-
1. The Company may select a landing ground
at Shargah, and may put on it such
marks as are necessary, and their
aeroplanes may land on that ground.
2. I will construct a rest house for the
passengers and staff of the company
on a site to be selected by the
Company and in accordance with plans
drawn up by them, and under the super
vision of an Engineer of the British
Government. The house and fixed
fittings to be considered as my property.
3. The Company shall have the right to import,
free of duty, petrol and spare parts
for aircraft, provisions for the
passengers and staff, and whatever may
be required for their service.
4. The Company may send their employes to
reside in the rest house, but neither
they nor the passengers shall enter
the town of Shargah without my per
mission.
I further accept full responsibility for
the protection of the staff and passengers of the
Company and their aircraft, so far as my dependents,
relatives and subjects are concerned, and further for
their protection as far as possible against marauders
from outside my jurisdiction.
I will supply 35 guards and 2 head guards.
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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)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in rough chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/4/4
- Title
- 'File 0425 Copies of Agreements, Concessions etc'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 16r:16v, 23r:25v, 28r:30v, 32r:37v, 39r:41v, 44r:52r, 52r, 53v, 53v:55r, 55r, 56r:62v, 64r:64v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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