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Coll 5/11 ‘Air Route to India: Arab Coast Route – Emergency Landing Ground at Qatar’ [162r] (323/345)
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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present and an occasional present of a Pale of cloth
is a very slight return for what we ask of him from
time to time. We are constantly calling on him to
punish his subjects for acts committed against Bah-
-rainis and others and it was not so long ago that
he was obliged to burn a boat belonging to some of
his subjects who were engaged in piracy. If, he should
at any time find our pressure and our relations be-
-coming so one sided as to drive him onto the arms
of Bin Baud, the results would bejieplorable both from
the points of view of aviation anu. our relations with
the mainland. Unless Bin Baud is prevented by pres-
-sure elsewhere it would be as easy for him to absorb
Qatar as it was to absorb the -^sir. Also the numbers
of Persians in his territory is increasing and the
possession of warships may tempt them into giving
assistance to their fellow' countrymen.
7. I personally consider that the Shaikh should
be given a letter saying that we are prepared to do
what is reasonable to assist him in maintaining his
position in the town of Doha and I do not consider
thaL we would incur a heavy responsibility thereby,
w'e constantly interfere in the affairs of Trucial
shaikhs and even deport their relations and I see no
reason why we should shrink from similar action in
^atar. As I have said before I consider the visit
of a sloop would be all that is required and there is
no portion of the town of Doha that is out of range
of its guns, since the new sloops are able to come
within a few hundred yards of it.
8* it is considered that this landing ground
is not of sufficient importance to warrant any concess-
-ions on our part, the Shaikh should be informed that
Government
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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