‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
IOR/R/15/2/269
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The record is made up of 1 file (7 folios). It was created in 24 Nov 1932-13 Jun 1933. 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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Correspondence in the file relates to the appointment of Flight Lieutenant Finch of the Royal Air Force to Sharjah, to assist in the construction of the rest house at the Sharjah aerodrome. Fluent in Arabic, Finch was warned by 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. (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle) not to involve himself in domestic politics (folio 1B), and by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr of Sharjah to not travel into the interior (folios 3, 4). Office notes at the rear of the file suggest that the warning from Shaikh Sultan came after Finch had taken a truck into the interior. A note from Finch, dated 30 May 1933 states that illness has forced four men (presumably including himself) back to Basrah [Basra].
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- 1 file (7 folios)
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The contents of the file have been arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest at the front of the file to the latest at the end. There is a set of office notes at the end of the file (folio 7) which mirrors the chronological arrangement.
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Foliation: The file is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a, 1b.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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- Archival file
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- 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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- IOR/R/15/2/269
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- Confidential Office: File 7/3
- Date(s)
- 24 Nov 1932-13 Jun 1933 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/2/269
- Title
- ‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
- Pages
- 3r:3v
- Author
- Al Qasimi, Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/2/269
- Title
- ‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1br:1bv, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence