Imperial outpost in the Gulf :
Stanley-Price, Nicholas.
Imperial outpost in the Gulf : the airfield at Sharjah (UAE) 1932-1952 / Nicholas Stanley-Price. - Brighton : Book Guild, 2012. - xviii, 238 p. : ill., maps. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A Stopover in Sharjah with Imperial Airways - 2. Why Sharjah? - 3. The Airfield and Rest House : Design, Construction and Use (1932–33) - 4. Imperial Airways, the RAF and Sharjah, 1932–39 - 5. Sharjah Airfield in Wartime and After, 1939–52 - 6. The People in Transit - 7. The Airfield and the Town : Encounter Between Two Worlds - 8. Al Mahatta from 1952 to Today, and in Retrospect -- Appendix 1. Chronology of the Development of Sharjah Airfield - Appendix 2. The 1932 Agreement - Appendix 3. The Filming for Air Outpost (1937) in Sharjah - Appendix 4. Raymond O'Shea's The Sand Kings of Oman (1947) as a Source.
9781846246845
Airports--History.--United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah
Air bases, British--United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah.
HE9797.5.U5 / S73 2012
Imperial outpost in the Gulf : the airfield at Sharjah (UAE) 1932-1952 / Nicholas Stanley-Price. - Brighton : Book Guild, 2012. - xviii, 238 p. : ill., maps. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A Stopover in Sharjah with Imperial Airways - 2. Why Sharjah? - 3. The Airfield and Rest House : Design, Construction and Use (1932–33) - 4. Imperial Airways, the RAF and Sharjah, 1932–39 - 5. Sharjah Airfield in Wartime and After, 1939–52 - 6. The People in Transit - 7. The Airfield and the Town : Encounter Between Two Worlds - 8. Al Mahatta from 1952 to Today, and in Retrospect -- Appendix 1. Chronology of the Development of Sharjah Airfield - Appendix 2. The 1932 Agreement - Appendix 3. The Filming for Air Outpost (1937) in Sharjah - Appendix 4. Raymond O'Shea's The Sand Kings of Oman (1947) as a Source.
9781846246845
Airports--History.--United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah
Air bases, British--United Arab Emirates--Shāriqah.
HE9797.5.U5 / S73 2012