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Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’ [215r] (440/800)
The record is made up of 1 volume (393 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1931-25 Sep 1932. 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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xorojectcd nev: route "before "being eommitted in any
way. In view however of the urgency of the case
they will raise no objection to the proposed negotia
tion with the Sheikh of has al Khaimah when the
issue of policy involved in the transfer to the
Arabian coast route has been decided by the Cabinet
or by the Ministerial Sub-Committee for questions
concerning the Middle Bast.
12. The main issue for decision may be briefly
summarised as follows
It is almost certain that, failing some
quite unexpected development, the present air route
to India via South Persia will definitely cease to be
available as from March 1932. Unless an alternative
route can be established in the immediate future,
the air service to India will.therefore have to ce
interrupted as from that date, and could only be
maintained by the establishment of a sea lin^.
This possible alternative has already Deen expaoi ea
by the Air Ministry and Imperial Airways, and is
regarded as commercially impracticable.
The only alternative to the interruption
of the air service to India which at present appears
to be praetieetle is the establishment of the Arabian
air route, which, in the view of the Air Ministry
and in the light of their investigations, can only
successfully be established if a night stopping
station is provided for at Has al Ehaiman, or
Umm al Qaiwain. If this station is to be established
negotiations must immediately be opened with tne
Sheikh with a view to obtaining the necessary facilitie
and guarantees. The establishment of a rest station
at Umm al Qaiwain, however, is
at Ras al Khaimah, or
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The volume contains correspondence, memoranda, and minutes related to a proposal to relocate the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Air Route (linking Europe and India) from Southern Persia to the Arabian Coast. The proposal is related to difficulties between the British and Persian governments over securing an extension of Imperial Airways' concession to operate in Persia. The volume therefore also contains papers related to the progress of negotiations between the British Government and the Government of Persia. However, the majority of the volume relates to the examination of the Arabian Coast option; this includes potential route options, possible sites for facilities, estimates of expenditure, and progress reports on negotiations between the Trucial Shaikhs – primarily at Dubai and Ra's al-Khaymah – and Hugh Vincent Biscoe, 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. .
The volume also contains minutes of the meetings of the Official and Ministerial Sub-Committees of Imperial Defence for the Consideration of Middle Eastern Questions: 2 November 1931 (folios 226-35), 5 November 1931 (folios 217-25), 17 November 1931 (folios 175-82), 17 December 1931 (folios 89-102), and 15 February 1932 (folios 28-31 and folios 22-5). Related notes and memoranda can also be found within the volume.
A number of extracts from reports (dated 24 March, 26 April, and 25 September 1932) from E C Denison and D S McGrath, Commanding HMS Bideford , on trips to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. can be found on folios 3-9; this includes details relating to the construction of the Sharjah Aerodrome.
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. , the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Admiralty, officials the Air Ministry, officials of the Foreign Office, 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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (393 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 395; 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front cover, nor does it include the two leading flyleaves.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- Coll 5/10 ‘Air Route to India: Persia; Arabian Coast Route; Negotiations with Arab Sheikhs’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:47v, 49r:78v, 80r:358r, 360r:394v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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