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'File No 13/3-I OF 1951. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome facilities at Sharjah).' [94r] (187/288)
The record is made up of 1 file (144 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1950-24 Nov 1951. 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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(1389/8)
UNCLASblffiaD
BRITISH itiSSIG£HCY f
BAH -iAIK •
7th April, 1951*
P/A4 ? —
G 'Slzs S
In the correspondence resting with your
letter GA 5/85 of February 13th to Sir Hupert
we were authorised to agree to an increase in
the payment of the guards provided by the
Shaikh for the airfield at^Sharjah up to Rs.100/-
per month for the head guards and Rs.^O/- per
month for the others. General Department T s
letter GA 95/3 of I^ay 23rd stated that the Air
Ilinistry had agreed to the grant of these higher
rates to the guards for which the Royal Air Force
paid. In your letter under reference you gave
us discretion if necessary, to offer payment
retrospectively to January 1st, 1950*
2. The Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
has
paid to the Ruler the arrears of pay due as from
April 1st, 1950 and the Ruler in acknowledging
the receipt of this money, has pointed out that
the old rates are still being paid by the Royal
Air Force in respect of their guards and that he
has not yet received the arrears due as from
April 1st in respect of them. Mr. .'/ilton reports
that the Officer" Commanding, Royal Air Force in
Sharjah has had no instructions to pay any incre
ase or to oay any arrears. Would it be possible
to ask the Air linistry to give instructions that
the Officer Commanding, Royal Air Force shaxl
take parallel actiori to that already taken by us ?
3 . I am sending copies of this letter to Group
Captain Brics, Senior Royal Air Force Oificer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, and to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
, Bahrain*
(C. M. Le Quesne)
Y/. Harphau*, Rsq.. , 0 • B . - •,
General Department,
Foreign Office,
London.
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The file comprises correspondence between 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 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 the Foreign Office, regarding a new civil air agreement for Sharjah, which was signed on 15 November 1951.
The file covers the negotiations for the agreement with Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qasimi [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī], until his death in March 1951, and the conclusion of negotiations - focusing primarily on increased pay for the airfield guards and rent for an extension to the airfield - with the new ruler Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan [Saqr bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī] from March 1951 onwards.
The file contains draft copies of the agreement and associated documents in English and Arabic, along with the final signed copy at folios 122-143.
Also included in the file are details of new landing and housing fees introduced at Bahrain and Sharjah in 1951, and a request from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Ethiopian Air Lines to use Sharjah airport as a technical stop on flights from Addis Ababa to Karachi and Dhahran.
A series of file notes which were maintained as a record of the correspondence in the volume can be found at folios 2-5.
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- 1 file (144 folios)
- Physical characteristics
The main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 144; 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.
An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-115; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File No 13/3-I OF 1951. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome facilities at Sharjah).'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:14v, 37r:39v, 52r:73v, 86r:116v, 120r:121v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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