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‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’ [294v] (605/618)
The record is made up of 1 volume (298 folios). It was created in 5 Aug 1937-30 Apr 1942. 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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2, 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 thought that
sufficient men of the right type would be
available from Dubai and oharjah but he said
The recruits would be used to the handling of
arms but would not be used to discipline, i'he
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 said that along the coast there
was excellent material to be found from among
the Baluchis. He said that if 10 or 12 really
good men could be recruited at the beginning
others would quickly follow. He did not
suppose that the full number could be recruited
straightaway but he thought that if a few good
men were attracted to begin with there would
be no difficulty, after a few weeks, in recruiti
ing the necessary number.
3. 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 said that the
pay must be good in order to attract the right
type of man. He did not think that local re
cruits would, initially at any rate, agree to
serve elsewhere in the Gulf. He said that
recruitment should, in the first instance, be
for local service only. He thought that if
things went well there would be no difficulty
at a later stage in transfeiiring men to other
places on the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. He was definite,
however, that recruits would not come forward
in the first instance for service outside their
own local areas. 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 thought
that pay should be Rs 30/- or Rs35/- per mensem
plus free rations, free uniform and free
accommodation. The last item, he said, would
present ft© difficulties as the local Baluchis
would gladly sleep in the cheapest kind of
they would require a good deal of training.
barrasti hut.
23/4/42.
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- Content
The volume’s letters, telegrams and other papers relate to the installation, maintenance and extension of British air facilities along the Arab coast of the Gulf. The principle correspondents in the file are 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. , 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, the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and representatives of the Royal Air Force [RAF] and Imperial Airways (referred to after 1939 as the British Overseas Airways Corporation [BOAC]).
Correspondence in the first part of the volume (folios 1e-50) concerns a fire at the RAF petrol store at Doha in August 1937, resulting in serious burns to a number of men. Some of this correspondence also refers to an injury to Nasr bin Jassim [Nasr bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], brother of Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, the ruler of Qatar, suffered while riding his horse during a parade prior to travelling to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. to fight against the Bahraini forces. Agreement was reached between British Government officials and the Adviser to the Bahrain Government, Charles Belgrave, for Nasr bin Jāsim to travel to Bahrain for medical attention.
Most of the later correspondence in the volume is dated to the Second World War, and relates to the creation of new or improved RAF facilities in the Gulf in early 1942. These included extended facilities, capable of accommodating bomber squadrons, at Bahrain and Sharjah, and new facilities at Dubai (folio 131). Correspondence also records the arrangements made with the Bahrain hospital and American Missionary hospital in Bahrain, to accommodate RAF patients as required.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (298 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the volume to the latest at the rear. There is a set of office notes at the end of the volume (folios 266-97) which mirror the chronological arrangement.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The volume 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'. . This foliation system has been adapted from an earlier pagination system. The following foliation anomalies occur: ff. 1a-1e, 34a, 34b, 84a, 85b, 139a, 139b, 193a, 193b. The following folios are missing, as a result of the volume’s original pagination system: ff. 106, 212, 231. The following folios are fold-outs: ff. 47, 48, 65, 93, 104, 138, 173, 174, 179, 211, 230, 268, 277, 278, 280, 282, 287.
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- Title
- ‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1ev, 2r:23v, 25r:33v, 34ar:34bv, 35r:35v, 37v:46v, 47v, 49r:53v, 54v:60v, 62r:64v, 65v:84v, 85ar:85bv, 86r:87v, 88v:92v, 93v:99v, 100v:106v, 107v:110v, 111v:138v, 139ar:139bv, 140r:146v, 148r:175v, 176v:180v, 181v:192v, 193ar:193bv, 199v, 200v:211v, 213r:230v, 232r:234v, 236r:246v, 247v, 249r:285v, 287r:300v, 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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