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Coll 5/19 ‘Air Route to India: Sharjah Rest House – Payment and accounting arrangements’ [31r] (61/337)
The record is made up of 1 file (167 folios). It was created in 6 Jul 1932-5 Apr 1937. 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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P.Z.7415/53.
CQNPIDEI^PIAL.
Enclosures in covering letter from the Political
Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
No.l797-S of 1933,
dated 3rd November, 1933.
D.O.No.1796-3 of 1933
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.
,
BUSHIRE, the 3rd November, 1933
Please refer to paragraph 15 of your Report xj 0 . 176/
o67, dated the 14th October 1953, to His Excellency the
Commander-in-Ohief, East Indies Station, with a copy to me,
co/erin^ cxie iioceedings or your Division for the period
21st August - 20th September.
2. Many thanks for your successful peace-making between
the two Shaikhs. As you know, so long as the aborigines of
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
confine their quarrels to the hinterland,
their raids and counter-raids are no concern of ours: in fact
these activities may almost be said to be a sort of safety-
v alve, and take the place of League matches and cinemas and
so forth in more civilised areas. When, however, their
bickerings show signs of being fought out in the coastal ports
where British interests are involved, more especially in
Sharjah, where we have our Air Port, we have to intervene,
and I am very glad your intervention was so successful.
3. I was also glad to see from your Report that 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, on whose actions, or inactions, dark
suspicions have from time to time been cast, on this occasion
at any rate played up well.
I am sending a copy of this letter to the Commander-
in-Chief, and - with a copy of the relevant paragraph from
your Report - to Eraser-Tytler, and to Laithwaite of the India
Office
Captain J.V.Creagh,D.S.0.,R.N.,
Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Division,
H.M.S. " Shore ham. rt
Yours etc.,
(Sgd.) T.C. POWLE
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The file is concerned with the financing and construction of a rest house at Sharjah for the use of the passengers of Imperial Airways. It contains correspondence authorising expenditure, outlining the procedure to be followed for making payments, and reporting on the progress of construction. It also contains statements of expenditure submitted periodically by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. to the Secretary of State for India, for subsequent submission to the Air Ministry. These statements generally outline the following: allowances made against the construction of the rest house, the personal subsidy paid to the Shaikh of Sharjah, rent paid to the Shaikh of Sharjah for the aerodrome, pay for guards at the aerodrome, and an allowance paid for additional accounting work undertaken at the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. .
The file also contains two reports, dated between 1932-33, related to early difficulties encountered by Captain Kenneth Mackay, Supervising Engineer, in the construction of the rest house: see folios 97-112 and 131-143. Particular attention is given to the attitude of 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 for the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Khan Bahadur Isa, and the attitude of local rulers.
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 (167 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 last folio with 168; 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/12/1965
- Title
- Coll 5/19 ‘Air Route to India: Sharjah Rest House – Payment and accounting arrangements’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:64v, 66r:168v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence