TALE OF A CITY 100 and north of Sharjah fort, to accommodate Royal Air Force personnel if the necessity arises to station aeroplanes there ; iii. Extension of the Royal Air Force bomb store area already existing . iv. The stationing of a flight of Vincent aircraft and the necessary personnel with them at Sharjah. 3. I am to request you, my friend, to give your formal assent to the carrying out of these measures, and also to provide such local guards as may be required for the protection of stores, etc., belonging to the Royal Air Force. 4. In view of the needs of the present war, it may be necessary, to station in the future additional Royal Air Force aircraft to that mentioned herein at Sharjah. I would therefore request your formal consent to the stationing at Sharjah for the duration of the war only, of such aircraft and personnel attached to them as the High British Government may consider necessary. Usual Endings.” 6 Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, approved the request in his letter dated 6 February 1942 to J. C. Pelly, Political Officer, Trucial Coast. He stated: “ After compliments. I am very pleased to receive your letter no. c/52 dated 6 February 1942 equivalent to 19 Muharram 1361, the contents of which I have duly noted. I agree to the requestmade by theHighBritishGovernment as described in the paragraphs of your letter mentioned above. And will be pleased to do everything in my power to help His Majesty’s Government for whose success and victory over their enemies, the dictators, I pray. Usual endings.” 7 All air, sea and land facilities requested by the British had already been approved by Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr when Mr Peel, the Gulf local defense officer in the Gulf Residency wrote to inquire if the Sheikh had agreed to 6 Ibid., L.P.&S/12/2040, p.6. 7 Ibid., pp.6−7.
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