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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [51r] (101/345)
The record is made up of 1 file (171 folios). It was created in 30 May 1932-16 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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2 0 TT is 'kjasty s Government have oonsidered as an
alternative, an assurance on the lines of the Koweiu
formula of 1914 0 that Qatar shall be recognised as
an independent principality under British protection This
seems unlikely to satisfy the Sheikh, since His Majesty s
Government are already in treaty relations with him as an
independent ruler e while the term protection 1 thus used
might alarm him by suggesting the idea of a Protectorate 0
If, however, the Resident thinks that the Sheikh would
prefer it y either alone or with addition of formula
suggested above, he may use it so long as it is clearly
understood by the Sheikh that the assurance of protection
does not go beyond the limit® specified in paragraph 1 abc e
% It would of course be essential to obtain from the
Sheikh, in return for any guarantee given, the facilities
required by the Royal Air Force to enable the juarantee to
be implamented - i*e a , probably two landing grounds and
"reedom of movement for the necessary British personnel
We assume that no difficulty will arise about this and that
the Sheikh would be willing to provide, on paymentj guards
for aerodromeso
4 e The question of the precise boundary to be adopted is
still under reference to Resident (see
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.
telegram
Noo 440 of 16th February 1934) 0 Subject to your further
views ' : is Majesty’s Government consider that the area to
which the above guarantee should apply should for the
present not be regarded as extending to the south of a line
drawn from a point at the,head of Dohat-as^Saiwa Bay passing
south o r Salwa and of Sakak to the coast immediately north of
the Khor-al»Odeid inlet<>
Residant should now at once approach Sheikh on lines
suggested in
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.
letter P„Z„ 628/34 of 1st February
to Foreign Office, Further teleg-am will follow on noints
raised in Bushire telegram 244 of 27th February,
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The file contains correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to two topics. The first topic is an attempt by the British Government to obtain permission for an emergency landing ground in Qatar during 1932. The second topic relates to the air facilities needed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in Qatar, if an offer of British protection is to be made to the Shaikh of Qatar in return for an oil concession for the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC). In respect of this second topic, the file also contains material regarding a reconnaissance undertaken by the Royal Air Force over Qatar on the 9 May 1934 to identify suitable sites for such facilities. It includes a copy of a report on the reconnaissance – submitted by Bomber Squadron No 84, Shaibah, Iraq – on folios 27-32, along with a tracing of Qatar (folio 7) and a number of aerial photographs (folios 8-22) referenced in the report.
A draft copy of the Qatar Oil Concession can be found on folios 93-101, and notes of amendments proposed by the British Government can be found on folios 80-89. In addition, a number of 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. memoranda have also been included towards the back of the file: El Qatar, 1908-16 (folio 167), The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Chiefs, 1908-28 (folios 168-71), and a Précis of the Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (folios 164-67).
The main correspondents are as follows: 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. (Trenchard Craven William Fowle), the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, officials of the Air Ministry, and officials of 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. .
The file includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (171 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 173; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/L/PS/12/1956
- Title
- Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:6v, 23r:92v, 102r:172v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence