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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [109r] (217/345)
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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only sorYots to ronoor furthor nogotint tons aioro cUftlcult.
The fUiaikh In quootlon goto wind in the he an from tim foot
tiiat ho hao boon able to •’turn aeon 4 a jttrltlah officer, and
hating done oo not unnaturally hie attitude hardens. Ho
flnde It difficult to retreat fron the position ho has taken
up, and will only do so—-unless under threat of oompulslon
—under oover of exorbitant demands. Unfortunately two
oases of such rebuffs to offloors have occurred m the last
two nonths: to the Political a^ ent, bahrain, at ^atar, axkL
to 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.
, Muocat, at aalfea.
3* In order to aYdld, If It Is practicable, such
Incidento In the future X propose, when air—or other-
facilities are required fron shaikhs, to adopt a procedure
used with some success in areas outside the Gulf where
1 haYe served: to find out beforehand by weane of unofficial
—or denl-offlclal—"repreeentatlvee* Hhat reception the
Shaikh concerned Is likely to give to the proposal. An Arab
Shaikh, is wore likely to reveal—in tut flrat instance at
all events—the tortuous vorklngi of his Arabian mind to a
fellow Arab than to a hritlah officer, unce these pre~
liainary
soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
have been taken, and 1 an wore or less
au felt with what is the iihaikh's attitude on tin subject, as
well as that of hie relatives and trlbeanen, the questioner
sending a Political officer to open official negotiatlcne can
♦
b< considered. These methods nay seen protracted but with
the Arab often nhe longest way round is the shortest way
hone*, and it Is obvious that when an officer finally visits
a fthalkh. after this preliminary reoonnalsanoe has beets
he dees ee with the decided advantage of knowing pre
viously how the land Ilea. I would have liked to adopt times
methods in the case of qatar and before the Pblltloal Agents
first visit to Kalba, but time did not permit, and of course
if on any fuXtnre occasion long notice Is not possible and
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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.
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- 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