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'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil' [148r] (304/422)
The record is made up of 1 volume (207 folios). It was created in 1 May 1934-1 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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COPY.
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Alp HeacLquarters,
British Forces in 'Iraq,
H i n a i d i.
30th May, 1934.
RBGOMNAI33ANGB OP OAT AT? .
(Map Refs- International Map of the World,
1 ; 1,000,000 sheet G.39,)
Appendices;- "A". Report "by No. 84 (b ) Squadron.
"b". Report by No. 803 ( ?b) Squadron.
"C". Extracts from D.O. letter from
O/Gapt. R.E. Saul.
"D". List of photographs.
5lr»
I have the honour to refer to your signal No, Y. 149
dated 24th April, 1934, and to forward herewith information
ihich was gained during the air reconnaissance of the QATAR
Peninsula,
g, The reconnaissance was carried out "by one flight
of No. 84 (B) Squadron (4 Wapitis) and 2 aircraft of No,
203 (PB) Squadron, all of which operated from BAHREIN under
the command of Group Captain R.E. Saul, D.F.G., working in
close touch with the
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.
, BAHREIN, who accom
panied the flying boat reconnaissance.
3, The reconnaissance was carried out on 9th May,
1934, and, in accordance with instructions from this Head-
prters, the Wapitis flew from WHAT AL HUSSAIN via Port
SAIYAN to DOHA and thence via KARASNA to SALWA. A report
of this reconnaissance is attached as Appendix "A",
l The flying boats first reconnoitred DOHAT AS SALWA
for a suitable alighting area and then crossed the peninsula
from SAL1A to KHOR AL ODKID and reconnoitred the coast north
to DOHA. A report of this reconnaissance is attached as
ippendix "B* 1 .
5. The flying boats landed at DOHA where they were met
tyH.M. Sloops "SHOREHAM" and "BIDEFORD", and on the morning
5fMay 10th Group Captain Saul accompanied the Political
tent, BAHREIN, and the Officer Commanding H.M. 3. "BIDETORD"
on a visit to the Shaikh of QATAR. Extracts from a report^
Group Captain Saul, which were contained in a demi-official
letter, are attached as Appendix "C".
/
6. As a result of this reconnaissance it has been
Earned that a fairly satisfactory site for a landing ground
exists near the Shaikhs palace at Fort RAIYAN, about 7 miles
^t of DOHA. As explained in Appendix "C" it was not
/found<
Ketary,
Up Ministry,
Adastral House,
Kingsway,
London, W.C.2.
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The volume contains correspondence between the 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 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. at Bushire, 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. in London, the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, and the Foreign Office in regard to the southern borders of Qatar, the Qatar oil concession and the relations of the Shaikhdom with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), King of Saudi Arabia. There is also correspondence regarding an air reconnaissance of Qatar to be carried out via RAF flying boats, which took place on 9 May 1934, including reports of the reconnaissance (folios 147-154).
Some of the documents in the volume are marked as secret or confidential.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (207 folios)
- Arrangement
The documents in the volume are mostly arranged in chronological order. There are notes at the end of the volume, (folios 196-202). The file notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the volume; they give brief description of the correspondence with reference numbers in red crayon, which refer back to that correspondence in the volume.
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation is written in pencil, circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.The numbering begins on the title page, on number 1, and ends on the inside of the back cover, on number 207.
There is another foliation sequence, incomplete.
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- IOR/R/15/1/629
- Title
- 'F.85 File 82/27-IV Qatar Oil'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:90v, 91v:118v, 121r:168v, 169v, 172v, 174v, 175v:206v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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