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IOR/R/15/2/288
- Record Id:
- 040-000228559
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000bf
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023233636.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/288
- Title:
- ‘File 7/25 Complaints regarding sale of R.A.F. stores’
- Scope & Content:
- The file’s correspondence and other papers relate to complaints raised by Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, ruler of Sharjah, over the manner in which surplus Royal Air Force (RAF) equipment (including motor vehicles, spare parts, and a power plants) was sold at Sharjah. The principal correspondents in the file are the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Gordon Noel Jackson), the Political Agent in Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Arnold Crawshaw Galloway until March 1947, Cornelius James Pelly thereafter) and an unnamed British Stores Disposal Officer based at Sharjah. The complaints relate to allegations that the purchase of equipment was secured by two Bahraini merchants in agreement with the Disposal Officer, prior to Shaikh Sultan and others having the opportunity to bid. This in turn led to a dispute over the level of customs duty payable on the sold equipment, which would have to be released from Sharjah for transport to Bahrain. An example of a ‘British Disposal Mission Sales Voucher’, dated 8 April 1947, is included in the file (folio 29).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228529
040-000228559 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/259-293 : File 7 Royal Air Force
IOR/R/15/2/288 : ‘File 7/25 Complaints regarding sale of R.A.F. stores’ - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0008]/038-000228529[0030]/040-000228559
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (37 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x0000bf
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- 22 Feb 1947-21 Aug 1947
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: The foliation sequence starts on the front cover and ends on the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, and 1A.
- Former External References:
- Confidential Office: File 7/25
- Arrangement:
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The file is arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front of the file to the latest at the end. Circled index numbers written using blue/red crayon can also be found throughout the volume, and refer to the office notes at the end of the file (folios 35-37).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)