File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'

Title:

File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'

Date:

1936/1945

Description:

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.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Airfields
Shaikh of Kalba, Āl Qāsimī dynasty

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00030c_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x00030c_en
IOR/R/15/2/1141
IOR/R/15/2/1141

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