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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [164r] (327/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-16 Jul 1934. 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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CONFIDENTIAL.
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.
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APPENDIX.
Precis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British
Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
KOWEIT.
(a) Agreement dated 23rd January 1899.—The Sheikh pledged himself
and his neirs and successors not to receive the Agent or Representative of
any Power or Government at Koweit . . . without the previous sanction of
the British Government . . . and not to cede, sell, lease or mortgage or give
for occupation or for any other purpose any portion of his territory to the
Government or subjects of any other Power, without the previous consent of
His Majesty’s Government.
(b) Letter from Lieut.-Col. Meade,
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.
,
to the Sheikh of Koweit, dated 23rd January 1899, accompanying (a)The
Sheikh was formally assured “of the good offices of the British Government
towards you, your heirs and successors as long as you, your heirs and
successors scrupulously and faithfully observe the conditions of the said
bond (i.e. the agreement above).”
Xote.— In 1911, when the text of the Agreement of 1899 was com
municated to the Turkish Government, the text of Col. Meade’s accompanying
letter was not similarly communicated; but the Turkish Government was
told in Sir E. Grey’s covering note that “His Majesty’s Government have
informed the Sheikh of Koweit that so long as he and his heirs and successors
act up to their obligations under the Agreement, His Majesty’s Government
undertake to support them and accord them their good offices. His Majesty’s
Government reserve to themselves the right to interpret that term at their
discretion.” The attitude adopted at the time by His Majestv’s Government
towards this undertaking is illustrated by the following extract from India
Office letter dated the 30th October 1911 to the Foreign OfficeThe term
‘ good offices ’ . . . is a conveniently vague one, and Lord Crewe is of
opinion that it is neither necessary nor safe to go beyond it. The action
taken by His Majesty’s Government in 1901-2, when men and guns were
landed at Koweit to defend it against unprovoked Turkish aggression will
moicover, have made it plain to the Porte in what way we are prepared to
interpret the term if necessity arises.”
(c) Agreement of the Sheikh of Koweit, dated 24th May 1900 to
prohibit the importation of arms into, and their exportation from, Koweit.
(d) Postal Agreement, dated 28th February 1904, giving His Maiestv’s
Government the sole right to erect a post office at Koweit. ^
(e) Secret Agreement, dated 15th October 1907, for the lease of the
Bunder Shweikh foreshore.-In the fifth article of the two documents
constituting the agreement the Sheikh reaffirmed his pledge not to cede sell
Ac., any Koweit territory to any foreign Government or foreign subiect
without His Majesty s Government’s permission.
In the ninth, the British Government promised that “the town of Koweit
and its boundaries belong to . . . the Sheikh of Koweit and to his heirs
after him, and that all Sheikh Mubarak’s arrangements in the matter of
customs, <Sc., and his arrangements at the present day shall remain in the
hands ol Sheikh Mubarak-ae-Subah, ruler o! Koweit, and his heirs after
Note.— The lease, or rather the payment of rent for the Bunder Shweikh
site, was terminated in 1922. It does not appear, however, that the agreement
was abrogated, and the reciprocal pledges, so far as they are not affected by
other subsequent instruments, presumably remain binding.
3376 50 1.29
P. 2585/26.
P. 4525/11.
P. 1446/11.
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Qatar, if an offer of British protection is to be made to the Shaikh of Qatar in return for an oil concession for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In respect of this second topic, the file also contains material regarding a reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Air Force over Qatar on the 9 May 1934 to identify suitable sites for such facilities. It includes a copy of a report on the reconnaissance – submitted by Bomber Squadron No 84, Shaibah, Iraq – on folios 27-32, along with a tracing of Qatar (folio 7) and a number of aerial photographs (folios 8-22) referenced in the report.
A draft copy of the Qatar Oil Concession can be found on folios 93-101, and notes of amendments proposed by the British Government can be found on folios 80-89. In addition, a number of 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. memoranda have also been included towards the back of the file: El Qatar, 1908-16 (folio 167), The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs, 1908-28 (folios 168-71), and a Précis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 164-67).
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), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, 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 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 (171 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; 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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- Title
- Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
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- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 23r:92v, 102r:172v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence