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Coll 5/17 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing grounds at Kalba, Shinas, and Dibah’ [‎68r] (136/474)

The record is made up of 1 file (235 folios). It was created in 20 Mar 1932-11 Mar 1947. 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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Draft Paper.
(1) Under Secretary of State,
Foreign Office
(2) The Secretary, / (^)
Admiralty,
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Sir,
Yv r ith reference to
(1) Foreign Office letter of 9th July,
No.E.4061/377/91
(2) Admiralty letter of 9th July,
No.M.03588/36,
regarding the proposed recognition of
the independence of the Sheikh of Kalba
in connection with the grant of air
facilities, I am directed by the Secretary
of State for India to forward, for the
information
Secretary of State for
Lords Commissioners of
Foreign Affairs a copy of a telegram
the Admiralty
dated 21st September from the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
l)Mr. Eden
$
will observe that
2)Their Lordships
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. recommends that
the gun salute, regarding which it was
•intended to reserve a decision for the
present, should be granted forthwith, in
view of the fact that a salute would be
regarded locally as a visible sign of
the grant of independence and would put a
stop to any mischief-making by
neighbouring Sheikhs. I am to enquire
(1) Mr. Eden
(2) Their Lord
ships
whether in the circumstances
would agree to the dourao
hy- the rblitioG / l--Raaid-ant,
provided that the-report-^whi-oh Col&nel
Lunir-fg sending^by-mgrH: makes it clear-
that the Sheikh hss in fact accepted under
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The file contains correspondence, and related 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. notes, regarding the establishment of an emergency landing ground and facilities at Kalba for the use of Imperial Airways (later the British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC). This includes material related to negotiations between Tom Hickinbotham, 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, and the Shaikh of Kalba (Shaikh Said bin Hamad) in August 1936: a copy of the agreement reached can be found on folios 63-64. In addition, the file contains correspondence discussing the terms that the British Government are prepared to accept for the use of Kalba. It therefore covers the following: the facilities required, the amount of rent to be paid, the provision of a gift of rifles and ammunition, the necessity of offering the Shaikh of Kalba some level of British protection, and the desirability of formally recognising his independence via the grant of a personal three gun salute. A discussion over the appropriateness of using force following the Shaikh's initial refusal in 1932 is recorded in some detail, as is the consideration of alternatives; this includes a proposal for the establishment of an alternative site at Shinas in 1933.

The file also briefly covers a request from Trans American Airlines in 1946 to fly over the territory of the Sultan of Muscat, and a request that they may be permitted to use the emergency landing ground at Shinas.

The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle and William Rupert Hay), 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, 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. and Consul at Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hallows). The file also contains correspondence between officials of the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, the 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. , and personnel stationed at RAF Hinaidi (Iraq).

The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (235 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 236; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 4-235; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-3 and also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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Coll 5/17 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing grounds at Kalba, Shinas, and Dibah’ [‎68r] (136/474), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/1963, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100035566639.0x000089> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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