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Coll 5/80 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Route: Sharjah Air Agreement & additional accommodation for the B.A.O.C.’ [‎9v] (18/256)

The record is made up of 1 file (126 folios). It was created in 1 Mar 1943-15 Jun 1949. 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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CIV. 17 23 2,
- 2 -
at Dubai until the I]ythG Flying Boats v/oro withdrawn#
(b) That there was a civil requirement for landing
facilities at Sharjah*in respect of charter and
private flyers, B.O.A.C. had continued to
maintain facilities at Sharjah as agents for M.C,A.
primarily for such traffic between Basra and Karachi,
It was stated that during the last three months,
19 applications to land at Sharjah had been received
by the Air Services General Division#
Financial upkeep of Sharjah and Dubai#
It was noted that
(a) the total cost to M#C.A. of maintaining Sharjah
was approximately £1^5,000 per annum# Payment to
the Sheikh amounted to c€3000 p#a, , Signals facilities
£22,000 p#a#, Met, facilities -23000 p.a#;, and general
maintenance and miscellaneous costs £ 17>500 p,a,•
(b) At Dubai, payment to the Sheikh entailed approx
imately £850 p.a.. There was, in addition, only
a mooring buoy to be maintained#
■ It was considered that although Sharjah was used by the French
and the' Dutch, there was not sufficient international traffic
to warrant an application to ICAO for maintenance of Sharjah
and Dubai under a Joint Support Scheme*
her discussion, it was agreed that renewal of the
agreements was necessary, and that •
The Sheikh of Sharjah should be asked to quote terms
for the renewal of the agreement for a term of 7
years, and the Sheikh of Dubai for a term of 3 years.
That M.C.A, should consider in conjunction with Air
Ministry whether some reduction might be effected in
signals facilities and. personnel at Sharjah,, and
prepare a statement of the minimum facilities for
the information of IAL#
That I.A.L. should cost the required facilities and
inform F,G,2# who would then consult the Treasury on
the basis of the IAL statement.
P.C. Circulation ’A’
Mr# F.A.K. Harrison, C.R.0.(Div#B)
Mr# R.A, Clinton Thomas, F. 0 , (Eastern Dept.)
) Sec. Office 3 copies
B.O.A.C.) Mr# Birkinshaw (Eastern Div.)
) Mr. Davies
I.A.L. (G/C. G.R. Scott Farnie).
Air Ministry, D,D.A.3.T#0.
Tels. 6 .
A.S.G.1.
Conclusion 1 . 5» After fur-
civil air
(a)
Conclusion 2.
Action - I.R. Div.
(t)
Conclusion 3 »
Action-Ops,11 #
M PI.
Conclusion A# (c)
Action F.G.2.
W/3A8.
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The file contains papers related to the renewal of the Sharjah Commercial Air Agreement in 1943, and subsequent increases to the subsidy paid to the Shaikh of Sharjah under the agreement and changes to accommodation requirements for both the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and the Royal Air Force (RAF). It also contains correspondence related to the withdrawal of BOAC services from Sharjah in 1947, and discussion as to whether to amend or abandon the agreement as a result. The decision to renew the agreement in 1948 is documented by minutes of an inter-departmental meeting held on 16 March 1948: see folios 11-12.

A number of statements of payments made to the Shaikh of Sharjah under the Air Agreement for the periods April 1945 to August 1946 and December 1946 to November 1947 were submitted to 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. by 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. : see folios 15, 18, 21, 39, 64, 75, 92, and 107. A list of buildings required at Sharjah by the RAF as of 1947 can be found on folios 24-28.

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. (Charles Geoffrey Prior and William Rupert Hay), officials of the Air Ministry (M W Low), 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. (from August 1947 the Commonwealth Relations Office; Roland Tennyson Peel, Eion Pelly Donaldson, Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison), officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation (H Jones and R C Bloodworth), and representatives of the External Affairs Department of the Government of India.

The title of the file contains an error: the British Overseas Airways Corporation is mistakenly referred to as BAOC instead of BOAC.

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.

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1 file (126 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 front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.

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Coll 5/80 ‘Air Route to India – Arab Coast Route: Sharjah Air Agreement & additional accommodation for the B.A.O.C.’ [‎9v] (18/256), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2042, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100039051738.0x000013> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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