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IOR/R/15/2/1142
- Record Id:
- 040-000229463
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00030d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100026536914.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/1142
- Title:
- File 4/25 II Payments to the Ruler of Kalba.
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains records of payments made by the Political Agent, Bahrain, via the Residency Agent, Sharjah, the Political Officer, Trucial Coast (POTC), and local intermediaries to the Ruler [Regent] of Kalba and other Trucial Coast rulers. The papers consist of covering letters in Arabic with English translations; receipts (also referred to as 'vouchers') in Arabic with English translations; and some related papers. The original receipts of payments to the Regent of Kalba were to be forwarded to the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
The records cover:
- payments to Khalid bin Ahmed bin Sultan [Shaikh Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba, on account of air facilities at Kalba (rent of landing ground, and pay of guards) for the period October 1944 to May 1948;
- payments to Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī], Ruler of Sharjah, under the headings 'personal subsidy', rent of aerodrome, and pay of guards and head-guards, for the period December 1947 to February 1949;
- payments to Shaikh Shakbut bin Zayid [Shakhbūt bin Sulṭān bin Zāyid Āl Nahyān], Ruler of Abu Dhabi, on account of air facilities at Beni Yas [Şīr Banī Yās Island] and Abu Dhabi for the period October 1948 to March 1949;
- payments to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai, for rent of Civil Marine Base at Dubai creek (Dubai Civil Air Agreement) for the period January 1948 to February 1949.
The records of these payments are to be found in different parts of the file, and are not always in chronological order.
- 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
037-000229279
038-000229438
040-000229463 - 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/15/2/963-1823 : Bahrain Agency, English Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/1118-1169 : File 4: Finance and Accounts
IOR/R/15/2/1142 : File 4/25 II Payments to the Ruler of Kalba. - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0008]/037-000229279[0004]/038-000229438[0025]/040-000229463
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (344 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00030d
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1945
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 3 Jan 1945-31 May 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 346; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 1-293 and ff 341-345, interrupted by a third sequence between ff 295-338; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- English Office files: 4/25 II
- Arrangement:
-
The papers are divided into the following sections (the first four sections having separate covers):
- 'Payments to the Ruler of Kalba' (folios 1-159);
- 'Office Copy of Vouchers for Air Facilities Payment to Shaikhs of T.C. from Dec. 1947 to March 1948' (folios 160-214);
- 'Vouchers with Translation for the Air Facilities Payments to the Trucial Coast Shaikhs for the Period from December 1947 to March 1948' (folios 215-294);
- 'Vouchers for Air Facilities Payment to T.C. Shaikhs' (folios 295-339);
- notes (folios 340-345).
The correspondence in the first section is arranged in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter; the sections containing 'vouchers' are filed in a haphazard manner.
Circled serial numbers in pen and crayon (red for received, blue/black for outgoing correspondence), refer to entries in the notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)