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Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’ [49r] (97/106)
The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 20 Jul 1934-18 Oct 1948. 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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191562/32/F.7.
7th June, 1934.
Sir,
1 am commanded by the Air Council to refer to the
Part I Item Ko.3 of Subhead D of Air "Vote 8 for 1934, Expendi
ture on Arabian Coast section of the Egypt-India Route, which
was opened in 1932 primarily for the construction of a landing
ground and rest house at Shargah, and to ash that the following
information be laid before the Lords Commissioners of His
Majesty's Treasury.
Their Lordships are aware of the considerations which
led to the transfer of the air route to the Arabian side of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
and to the establishing of a landing ground at
Shargah, but the details of the arrangements made with the
Sheikh of Shargah for the provision of the necessary facilities
there have not been formally communicated to them and are
therefore detailed below:-
The agreement which has been concluded with the
Sheikh provides for
(a) a rent to be paid for the air station of Rs.800 a
month.
(b) a personal subsidy to be paid to the Sheikh for the
protection of the air station of Rs.500 a month,
(c) payment to be made to the Sheikh in respect of guards
supplied for the protection of the air station.
2 head guards © Rs.40 a month,
35 guards ® Rs.20 a month.
(d) a landing fee of Rs.5 to be paid for each civil
aircraft using the aerodrome,
(e) a rent of Rs300 a month to be paid for the rest
house.
The Council's original intention was that the rest
house should be constructed at the cost of, and remain the
property of, the Department, but 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.
represented that if ownership of the property were
allowed to remain with the Sheikh his apprehensions that the
establishment of the air station would involve the loss of his
independence would be allayed and it would be possible to pro
ceed more speedily and economically with the construction of
the station and rest house. He further represented that
although he realised that a tenancy for an indefinite period,
determinable only at the option of the Department was desirable,
a lease of 11 years with an option to renew, was the longest
term which he considered the Sheikh could be prevailed upon to
grant, though he had little doubt that such an arrangement would,
when the Sheikh's immediate apprehensions had been allayed,
provide satisfactorily for the permanent retention of the rest
house, should this be desired.
The/
The Secretary,
H.M.Treasury,
S..7.1.
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The file contains correspondence and related notes on the provision of accommodation in the Sharjah Rest House for observers of the Indian Meteorological Department; the observers at Sharjah were to be transferred from Muscat. It also contains some discussion over the future of the observatories operated by the Indian Meteorological Department at Bahrain and Sharjah – following the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947 – and arrangements for their replacement with observatories run by the UK Meteorological Service.
A statement showing some activities of the Royal Air Force Observatory at Bahrain can be found on folios 16-17.
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 Arnold Crawshaw Galloway), 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 (Percy Gordon Loch), officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of 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. (the Commonwealth Relations Office from August 1947). The file does not include any correspondence for the years 1936-46.
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (51 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. A set of file notes can be found at the front of the correspondence on folio 52.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1986
- Title
- Coll 5/34 ‘Meteorological Stations in Persian Gulf: Bahrain & Sharjah’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 8r:52v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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