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1. '14/194 II. Deposition of Shaikh of Sharja and accession of his successor. 14/196/II Punishment of the Shaikh of Fujairah. 14/200 projected establishment of customs houses at Debai, Sharjah etc by Shaikhs. 14/211 Refractory conduct of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima. 14/217 Murder of the Shaikh of Hamriyah. 14/233 Regarding Shaikh of Kalba. 14/243 Abu Dhabi customs and revenues. 14/252 I. Notices issued by Shaikh of Sharjah'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the following topics:The dispute between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and the sons of Shaikh Khalid, a former ruler of Sharjah, over the area of Dhaid and how this affected a geological expedition. Correspondents include Gordon Loch, Political Agent, Bahrain and Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid, Ruler of Ajman; Residency Agent, Sharjah.Punishment of the Shaikh of Fujairah (Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah al-Sharqi). Correspondents include the Political Agent, Bahrain and British Consul, Bushire.The proposed establishment of customs houses at Debai, Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah as retaliation against Persian customs proposed at Henjam and elsewhere. The Residency Agent, Sharjah informed that there was no substance to this report but the Shaikhs were annoyed at their subjects' boats being arrested by Persian Customs inspectors at sea.Correspondence from November to December 1929 between the Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf and the Political Resident, Persian Gulf. Includes a statement from Abdur Rahman, son of Khan Bahadur Isa bin Abdul Latif, Residency Agent, Sharjah on an attack on women seeking refuge in the Residency Agent's house from attack by their male relatives. Correspondence reports that Shaikh Sultan bin Salem of Ras al-Khaimah, declined to take action against these men until pressured by the Commander of HMS Crocus.Correspondence between Residency Agent, Sharjah and Andrew Charles Stewart, Political Agent Muscat, about the murder of Shaikh Abdur Rahman bin Saif of Hamriya by his nephew 'as a result of the machination of the Shaikh of Shargah and Adbur Rahman bin Mohammed.'Recognition of the Shaikh of Kalba by His Majesty's Government as Ruler of Kalba and accordance of a personal salute of three guns. Kalba moved from the responsibility of the Political Agent, Muscat to be dealt with by the Political Agent, Bahrain and Residency Agent, Sharjah. Correspondence consists of a circular between the Political Resident, Persian Gulf and the Air Officer Commanding, British Forces in Iraq; Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf and the Political Agents in Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat.A note on Abu Dhabi customs and revenues by E.V. Packer, Petroleum Concessions Ltd.Notices issued by the Shaikh of Sharjah on customs charges. Translation of a letter from the Residency Agent, Sharjah, to the Political Agent, Bahrain.14/252 I. Notices issued by the Shaikh of Sharjah on cusotms charges. Translation of a letter from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain.Physical description: Foliation: The sequence consists of circled numbers in pencil located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio, running from the front cover to the last folio.
2. '14/196 Punishment of the Sheikh of Fujairah. Sheikh Hawad bin Abdullah Sharqiyin.'
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- Abstract: This file consists of correspondence relating to actions taken against the Shaikh of Fujairah. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf; Political Agent Muscat; Residency Agent Sharjah; Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah, ruler of Fujairah; Shaikh Said bin Hamad, Chief of Kalba.A number of topics are covered.The kidnap of a Baluch girl who was sold to the Shaikh of Fujairah. The Political Resident threatened to shell the Shaikh's fort and burn his dhow if a fine was not paid. Furthermore, as the Shaikh did not respond to the protocol of coming on board his fort was bombarded for one and a half hours which produced the desired effect.Disputes between al Fujairah (al-Qawasim tribe) and Kalba (al Sharqiyyin tribe) over raiding and disputes.There are over forty letters in Arabic with translations; maps drawn by Bertram Thomas of tribal territories around al Fujairah and also a map of the ports of Oman.Physical description: Foliation. The foliation sequence consists of numbers circled in pencil located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio and runs from the front cover to last folio. Foliation omissions: Folios 174, 189, 203 have been omitted.
3. 'Agreement between His Majesty's Government and the Ruler of Kalba - Shaikh Said bin Hamad for Providing Facilities for Aeroplanes at Kalba, Concluded this 28th Day of August 1936 i.e. 9th Jamad Ath Thani 1355'
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- Abstract: This printed memorandum is a copy of an agreement signed by Said bin Hamad [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī], ruler of Kalba, and Major Tom Hickinbotham, officiating Political Agent, Bahrain, dated 28 August 1936 or 9 Jamādá II 1355, concerning arrangements for air facilities at Kalba. The agreement contains fourteen numbered paragraphs and covers the provision of a landing ground, beacon, buoys, petrol store and a shelter for passengers, guards, rent of the site, labour, and alcohol.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at folio 1, and terminates at folio 1, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
4. 'Persian Gulf. Procedure to be adopted in negotiations with Arab & Persian Gulf Rulers'
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- Abstract: The file consists of correspondence, minutes and telegrams emanating from the Government of India; the India Office; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel Trenchard Craven William Fowle); and the Air Ministry, London. The papers concern negotiations with the Sheikh of Kalba [Sa‘īd bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī] over the use of Kalba as an emergency landing ground for aircraft, and the general approach to be adopted in such negotiations with the Arab rulers of the Persian Gulf littoral in future.The covering dates of the correspondence in this file are 1 October 1932 - 22 February 1933; the closing date in the overall date range is supplied by a note on the first item of correspondence (folio 2).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 19 on the back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and appear in the top right corner of the recto page of each folio.
5. 'B Series POLITICAL 8/2 SUCCESSION TO THE SHAIKHDOM OF KALBA (A Series: 14/238 II)'
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- Abstract: This file consists mainly of letters (with translation in Arabic) from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad al Qasimi, Regent of Kalba. The file discusses how the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf informs Shaikh Khalid that he His Majesty's Government is pleased formally to recognize him as Regent of Kalba during the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said of Kalba; Shaikh Khalid's response in Arabic with English translation. Also included is a memorandum from Abd'al Razaaq, Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain with details of a meeting between Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Regent of Kalba and Shaikh Muhammad bin Ali of the Bani Qitab tribe about allowances due.Physical description: The foliation sytem in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system consisting of uncircled numbers which begin at 53 (folio 3) and end at 70 (folio 8).
6. File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'
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- Abstract: The file contains records of payments to the Ruler of Kalba for air facilities, for the period 28 September 1936 to 27 December 1944.The papers consist of covering letters from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Residency Agent, Sharjah forwarding monthly payments of 400 rupees 'for rent of site and pay of the guards'; letters in Arabic (with English translations) from the Residency Agent, Sharjah, and (from 1943) the Political Officer, Trucial Coast (POTC) (Captain Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy) to the Political Agent, Bahrain confirming payment; copies of receipts in Arabic (with English translations) from Khalid bin Ahmad bin Sultan al Qasimi [Shaikh Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī], Regent of Kalba; and some related correspondence. The original receipts were sent to the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.The file also contains a single group of papers following the same format recording a payment to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Saʻīd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm], Ruler of Dubai for rent of commercial airbase, in accordance with the terms of the Dubai Civil Air Agreement, for the period 22 February to 22 March 1941, March 1941 (folios 176-178).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 341; 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 2-340; these numbers are written in a combination of pencil and ink (black and red), but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
7. 'File 14/235 I (B Series 8/2) Succession to the Shaikhdom of Kalba and Kalba affairs'
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- Abstract: This volume contains correspondence on two topics: the succession of the Shaikhdom of Kalba and secondly, Kalba affairs. Letters report that in 1937 Shaikh Said of Kalba died and the people of Kalba elected his son Hamad, a boy of twelve, but the right of succession by the firstborn child was not recognized by other rulers. The succession was contested by the Shaikh of Dibba and also Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, ex-Shaikh of Sharjah. The file contains translations of letters between the Arab rulers of the coast relating to this issue. A letter from Hamad bin Sai'd bin Hamad to Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah informs of his election and requests his protection. The Wali of Kalba writes to Sir Trenchard Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, that Shaikh Sultan bin Salim was attempting to influence the merchants of Kalba to gain the succession.The Residency Agent, Sharjah was dispatched to assess the situation; the file includes a family tree of Sharjah. In a letter to the Government of India, External Affairs Department, the Political Resident Persian Gulf noted the policy of the Government of India is one of non-interference and finally recognition as Shaikh of whoever can seize and hold the Shaikhship provided that they recognise the Treaties with His Majesty's Government entered into by their predecessor. The correspondence also notes that whilst uncertainty remained no Imperial Airways aircraft used the landing strip at Kalba.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in the top right hand corner of each folio.Condition: There are some red ink stains on the side of the folios but they do not obscure the correspondence.
8. ‘File 22/6 I Kalba’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to affairs on the Trucial Coast in 1951, chiefly the assassination of the Ruler of Kalba, Hamad bin Sa’id [Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī] by Saqr bin Sultan bin Salim [Ṣaqr bin Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī], son of the former ruler of Ra’s al-Khaymah, Sheikh Sultan bin Salim Āl Qāsimī. The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Arthur John Wilton); the Political Agent at Bahrain (William Scott Laver; Cornelius James Pelly; Lieutenant-Colonel Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey); and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay).Correspondence relating to the assassination of Hamad bin Sa’id, which took place in early July 1951, includes: Wilton’s initial reports of the incident (ff 46-47, ff 42-45); his trip to Kalba and his meeting with Saqr bin Sultan (ff 34-37); Wilton’s recommendations over actions to be taken against Saqr bin Sultan and his suggested candidates for ruler of Kalba (ff 10-13); discussion between British officials over the relative merits and demerits of political or forcible removal of Saqr bin Sultan; Wilton’s proposals for decisive action (ff 7-8), being of the opinion that the British Government should not condone the incident, and recommending that a Trucial Council be convened to encourage the rulers of the Trucial Coast to cooperate in removing Saqr bin Sultan (ff 30-33); Pelly and Hay’s preference for political pressure rather than direct action, and their disinclination to involve the other Trucial Coast rulers by convening a Trucial Council (ff 23-25).Other correspondence in the file relates to: the Ruler of Kalba’s proposal, in May 1951, to erect a tower on the edges of his territory (ff 55-59); the transfer in July 1951 of financial rights (tribute, or zakkat) of the village of Dhaid, between members of the Āl Qāsimī (ff 50-54).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 60; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-59; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
9. ‘File 22/6 II Kalba’
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- Abstract: The file comprises correspondence relating to discussion amongst British officials over the fate of the Sheikhdom of Kalba in the wake of the assassination of its ruler, Ḥamad bin Sa’id Āl Qāsimī. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 22/6 I Kalba’ (IOR/R/15/2/941). The principal correspondents in the file are: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Lieutenant-Colonel William Rupert Hay); the Political Agent at Bahrain (William Scott Laver); and the British Agent at Sharjah, also referred to as the Political Officer on the Trucial Coast (Arthur John Wilton).Correspondence includes: Wilton’s description of the negotiations taking place amongst the Jawasim [Āl Qāsimī] in Sharjah, over whether Sultain bin Salim should be installed as Ruler of Kalba (ff 12-15), a decision which Foreign Office officials are doubtful that they could approve (f 19); Hay’s proposals to allow Kalba to revert to Sharjah, in light of the fact that the deceased ruler, Ḥamad bin Sa’id, had no legitimate heirs (f 18); Hay’s note on the Sheikhdom of Kalba, dated 26 November 1951 (f 10). Correspondence also refers to the continued concession payments being made by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) to Sheikh Khalid bin Aḥmad Āl Qāsimī, former Regent of Kalba, and proposals to blockade Wadi al Quar [Khawr] as a means of removing Saqr bin Sultan bin Salim from Kalba (ff 16-17).The first item of correspondence in the file is not directly related to the Kalba negotiations: a letter from J Gethin of the British Consulate in Muscat, to the Political Resident, dated 10 December 1951, informing the Resident that the ruler of Kalba has moved the aperture in the frontier wall separating Kalba from Oman (f 3).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-19; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
10. '14/6 Vol II OFF SHORE OIL (Continental Shelf)'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence discussing the Ruler of Kalba's suggestion that he should issue a proclamation regarding his rights concerning offshore oil and the position of Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited in this regard.The correspondents are the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (William Rupert Hay); the British Agent, Sharjah (A J Wilton); the Political Agent, Bahrain; and the Political Agent, Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
11. Coll 30/147 'Trucial Coast: Kalba Affairs & Succession'
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- Abstract: The file contains India Office minutes, and correspondence from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Foreign Office concerning the affairs of the shaikhdom of Kalba.The papers include: correspondence concerning the 1936 agreement between the British Government and Shaikh Said bin Hamad, Ruler of Kalba, for providing air facilities at Kalba, 1936-37; the decision of the British Government to allow a three-gun personal salute to the Shaikh of Kalba and his successors; discussion of the death of Shaikh Said bin Hamad, the minority of Shaikh Hamad bin Said, the involvement of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim [Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī], Ruler of Ras al Khaimah, in Kalba affairs, and the appointment of Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad [Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sulṭān Āl Qasimī] as Regent of Kalba; and papers dated 1948, concerning the appointment of a new Regent at Kalba (and a new Ruler at Ras al Khaimah).Most of the papers in the file are dated 1936-38; there are no papers dated 1939-47.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.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 86; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
12. Coll 5/17 ‘Air Route to India (Arab Coast): Landing grounds at Kalba, Shinas, and Dibah’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence, and related India Office notes, regarding the establishment of an emergency landing ground and facilities at Kalba for the use of Imperial Airways (later the British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC). This includes material related to negotiations between Tom Hickinbotham, the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Shaikh of Kalba (Shaikh Said bin Hamad) in August 1936: a copy of the agreement reached can be found on folios 63-64. In addition, the file contains correspondence discussing the terms that the British Government are prepared to accept for the use of Kalba. It therefore covers the following: the facilities required, the amount of rent to be paid, the provision of a gift of rifles and ammunition, the necessity of offering the Shaikh of Kalba some level of British protection, and the desirability of formally recognising his independence via the grant of a personal three gun salute. A discussion over the appropriateness of using force following the Shaikh's initial refusal in 1932 is recorded in some detail, as is the consideration of alternatives; this includes a proposal for the establishment of an alternative site at Shinas in 1933.The file also briefly covers a request from Trans American Airlines in 1946 to fly over the territory of the Sultan of Muscat, and a request that they may be permitted to use the emergency landing ground at Shinas.The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard Craven William Fowle and William Rupert Hay), the Political Agent at Bahrain, and the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat (Ralph Ingham Hallows). The file also contains correspondence between officials of the Admiralty, the Air Ministry, the Foreign Office, the India Office, and personnel stationed at RAF Hinaidi (Iraq).The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 236; 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 present in parallel between ff 4-235; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 2-3 and also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.