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'File 6/8 Sharjah Aerodrome Agreement' [&lrm;81r] (161/166)

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Ref: IOR/R/15/5/282

The record is made up of 1 file (82 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1932-20 Oct 1932. 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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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait
Dated the 19th Janad Than! 1351 »
(20-10-32)
To
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al-Qasim Esq<»,
Through 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,
K. B. f Isa bin ’Abdul Latif,
Shargah, Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
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After compliments,
I have received your letter dated 11th Jamad
Thani 1351.
I am very glad to hear that you are well and
that everything is going on so nicely with the Rest House and
other matters arranged by me.
With regard to the calling of the mail steamer,
I understand from the Secretary Captain Gastrell, who has been
staying with me, that the Hon’ble 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. has
addressed the British India Steam Navigation Company at Calcutta
the
in the matter, and I am sure very shortly that you will see/up
mail calling at Shargah according to your desire. Be sure that
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. will not fail to arrange the matter
satisfactorily.
Regarding the gun which I promised to your son -
I hope to get it soon from England when it shall be sent to
you

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This file contains correspondence on the construction and financing of the Sharjah aerodrome. The file also contains a few papers that mention the sudden death in 1932 of 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. at the time, Sir Hugh Biscoe while en route to Sharjah.

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1 file (82 folios)

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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 83; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-81; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/R/15/5/282
Title: 'File 6/8 Sharjah Aerodrome Agreement'
Pages: front, front-i, 2r:82v, back-i, back
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
Usage terms: Open Government Licence