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‘File 7/2 III Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ [36r] (86/522)
The record is made up of 1 volume (251 folios). It was created in 24 Mar 1935-19 Dec 1935. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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wroagxully bu1> uixwlseXy* Th» ;5h«J.kh did uo't tv tibl®!
but Abd fUP Rataaaa said th« .Jmikli was in the tiiara
was aa aaation ©if a patrol store in the ,-^reeiaar^t. Ka also
asked tne shaikh «hjr t when ha had signed tha ha
bad net asked any of their family to advise him in the natter.
wmirifi again tosiatod that we should be allowed to build a store
but both ..iiakhbut and AM at lisAmm said 'So*, and at tits
aam the gave orders for our dhows f eoutaisini
the aatarials for the petrol store, to depart Inaediateiy.
This order was givm dlraet to the naakhadhas without any
reference to m*lite aaukhudhas informod and X told them
not to depart until they had orders frsa to do so, and
mentioned the atat -er to the ;Jhoikh saying that we would order
mm to depart when we had reoeived our orders which Tutton
would bring with hin on his retam las Islaod. It has
bona cosuaon knowledge in Abu .ibabi that we were intasadlng to
a petrol store, one Hindu merchant, Uikai 3al, even
w«it so far as to say that the Shaikh had on several previous
oceasicm told hia what a good thing it was that the British
were making a ground, and store etc# at Aba -Jaabi, and
bow good it would ba for the general eoenrnmity. One of the
main people in Abo Dhabi who helped to ,per«iada the shaikh
to go uaok on his word is Ahnad bin ' Khakliaf bin 'I'taiba^
who is the biggest aierohant in Abu &habl and ows sons 60
pearling beats. The Shaikh gats moat of his provisions from
Mm and 1 think it is sore than likely that be owes .haad
money, though I cannot definitely prove this. Ihe minor
troublaa we experienced over the hire of labour etc. ware no
doubt intended to delay us as long as possible over tha
w>i»firin£ of the VawMng ground so that they could gain tiws
to ebnble thera to have their arrangsaents cut and dried by
the /
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The volume is a continuation of correspondence from ‘File 7/2 II Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ (IOR/R/15/2/264), its contents relating to ongoing negotiations between Arab rulers and the British Government, Royal Air Force, and Imperial Airways, on the installation and maintenance of air facilities along the Arab coast, between Qatar and Ra’s al-Khaymah. The principal correspondents in the file are Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. , Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, 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, and Captain A Cole, Officiating 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.
The main issues raised in the volume are:
1. Disagreements between British officials and Shaikh Shakbut bin Sultan of Abu Dhabi, over the installation of a petrol store at Abu Dhabi, not officially mentioned in the agreement signed between the two parties on 13 February 1935, and only verbally agreed upon. In a letter addressed to the Shaikh, dated 5 June 1935, Fowle threatened action against Abu Dhabi’s pearling fleet, should he continue to raise objections to the expansion of air facilities in his domains (folios 64-66). Fowle’s letter led to an angry exchange between Shaikh Shakbut and British officials aboard HMS Fowey (reported in a letter from Cole to Fowle, folios 93-97), which in turn led to protracted mediations prior to Shaikh Shakbut issuing a formal apology over his outburst (folios 122-23).
2. Proposals for a seaplane anchorage at Umm al-Qaywayn (folios 138-40a), including a visit to the Arab coast by Mr B Cross, Manager of the Near East Area for Imperial Airways Limited, in order to ascertain the best site for such a facility (folios 185-87).
The volume also contains a number of revised schedules of air facilities required along the Arab coast of the Gulf, listing facilities by both location and by RAF or civil aviation function (folios 68-72, 173-75a, 196-200).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (251 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume’s correspondence is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the end. Some items in the volume are marked with red or blue crayon numbers (for incoming or outgoing items respectively), and are prefixed by the letters S.No [Serial number]. This numbering system constitutes part of the original filing arrangement, and is referred to in the office notes at the end of the file (folios 230-44).
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . An earlier foliation system, which uses uncircled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of rectos, runs through the volume. The following anomalies occur in the main foliation system: 1a-1e, 79a, 140a, 167a, 195a, 241a. The following folios are fold-outs: 7, 11, 13, 20, 64, 76.
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- Title
- ‘File 7/2 III Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:19v, 21r:50v, 55v, 57v, 60r:79v, 79ar:79av, 80r:140v, 140ar:140av, 141r:166v, 167ar:167av, 169r:175v, 175ar:175av, 176r:202v, 204r:217v, 218v:241v, 241ar:241av, 242r:248v, back-i
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