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IOR/R/15/4/5
- Record Id:
- 040-000241985
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241980
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00034f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025672068.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/4/5
- Title:
- File 0436 Sharjah Air Agreement
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence relating to a renewal of the Sharjah Air Agreement between the British government and the ruler of Sharjah, Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qasimī]. The correspondence is between the Political Officer for the Trucial Coast at Sharjah, Gordon Noel Jackson (later, Patrick Desmond Stobart), the Political Agent at Bahrain, Cornelius James Pelly, the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, Shaikh Sulṭān bin Saqr Āl Qasimī, and his brother, Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr.
The correspondence covers the discussion over the particulars of the agreement, including rent payments, landing fees, guard salaries, and the Shaikh's personal subsidy. There is also correspondence relating to the arrangements for Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr to sign the final agreement in the absence of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, who was in Bombay recovering from sickness.
Folios 10-12 and 25-30 are drafts of the agreement.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241980
040-000241985 - 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/15/4 : Residency Agency, Trucial Coast
IOR/R/15/4/5 : File 0436 Sharjah Air Agreement - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0004]/036-000241980[0005]/040-000241985
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (53 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00034f
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 12 Feb 1948-28 Jan 1950
- 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 back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 2-54 and ff 2-9 respectively; 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:
- File 0436
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)