‘Sharjah. Proposed Additional Accommodation to Rest House’
Scope & Content:
Distinctive Features: Detailed plan drawn by James Taylor Gray for Design Branch of the Air Ministry showing existing buildings and proposed extensions to RAF base in Shargah. Premises labelled for reference with dimensions given; proposed additions indicated in red.
Distinctive Features: Hand drawn sketch map showing the existing and proposed position of petrol dhow near Mu'airidh village in Ras Al Khamah. Lettered for reference with a key at the bottom left-hand corner. Signed and dated at the bottom right-hand corner.
‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Scope & Content:
The volume’s letters, telegrams and other papers relate to the installation, maintenance and extension of British air facilities along the Arab coast of the Gulf. The principle correspondents in the file are the Political Resident, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Political Officer on the Tru...
‘File 7/3 Scope and functions of F/Lt. Finch at Sharjah’
Scope & Content:
Correspondence in the file relates to the appointment of Flight Lieutenant Finch of the Royal Air Force to Sharjah, to assist in the construction of the rest house at the Sharjah aerodrome. Fluent in Arabic, Finch was warned by the Political Resident (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven Fowle) no...
