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'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries' [143r] (285/374)
The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1939-23 Dec 1946. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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appeared to be merely a signal tor the trucks to stop.
They oia so, ana the tv/o Khesav.nah tribesmen explained
that they hea firec because they thought the trucks belonged
to the geological tarty, they said that they would not
permit the geologists to enter their ares until they had
been paia something for the privilege of aoing so. hsvin 0
identified the trucks as belonging to the itfiti gocust
uelegstion they permittee them to proceec.
This attituce on the part of the xvhesav.nah
{a small ana unimportant sub-section of the geni c^itab;
results from the agreement recently ccncluaea betv.een the
shaikh of gharjah ana shaikh gubiaarimaa bin i0.i bir ruvaiain,
chief of the geni (^itab ana his nephev ghaikh gli bin
gbdullah (referred to In pare 28 (iii; of i\ets heport fc .4j,
thereby the latter- are to receive a share of the dil
proceeds, by obstructing the movements of the ^eolo^ists
in their area, it woula appear that they hope to force the
chief of the beni ^itab to pa.y them a share of the proceeds
or alternatively, to obtain separate payment li-om the oil
company.
The Political officer,
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, made a
strorg protest to the ahaikh ol ahargah ana exp la in ea the
seriousness of british subjects bein^ fired at by his
‘•sub^ ects". he gave the usual promise that he v.oulc take
strong action against the persons concerned ana sssurea him
that shaikh kuhammaa bin gli vvas reaay to co-operate,
shaikh Muherrjmad bin a! i has personally assured the political
Officer,
Trucial coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, on this point.
Hr. Rashid Ahmaa, aeaaer ot the Indian Anti-
Locust Delegation returned from kuscat on the 22nd leaving
his party to continue their operations there.
44. call s and vis its >
Durirg the period under review the following
persons callea on the relit ice. 1 officer, irucial coast,
gharjahj-
2brd shaikh Rashia bin said of gubai.
24th shaikh sa.id bin jeaktum, u.b*E*, Ruler of
Duba.i ana his son, Keshic.
24th shaikh gultan bin saqr al qasim, gjaler of
. ghaX'jh.
25th shaikh Rashic bin RuiXiaid,' Rule x* of gjnian.
26th shaikh Rashid bin s£ ic of gubai.
27th shaikh Luhemmao bin Ali tin Ruvaiain, chief
of the beni qitab.
28th shaikh sultan bin seer al qesim, Rulei of
Sharjah.
blst sheikh Rashid bin said of Dubai.
45. Loca l affairsi
(i; Reference para 158 of revs Reporu i\o.19 of 1S45.
On the 16th Ruhammed bin j\asir, shaikh of gu
bacera (guscatj came to Ajman anc stayec with the shaikh of
pujairah. be brought with him b.tCoO/- which he wanted to
pay to the shaikh of r&s al nhaimah sent by the sultan of
£ us cat to cover the cost of' building a tower at *aci si
qaur. Muhammad bin ivasir also came to settle the question
of monthly payments to che guards by the Muscat government,
it is understood that the shaikh of Res al Rhaimah has
demandea r|s.250/- p.m. whereas the Muscat Government have so
far- only agreed to pay &.125/- p.m.
j (ii) On the night of 20th two camels belonging to
members of the beni qitab tribe were fired on by the men
of shaikh irhamah bin gbaur Rahman, shaikh ol hii*a tsharjahj.
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The file contains fortnightly news reports on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , compiled by the Political Officer or Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. Agent at Sharjah. Included are the reports from late October 1939 to early March 1942, when they stop, resuming again at the start of 1945 until the end of 1946.
Each report was sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and contained important summarised information on the following matters:
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- the movements of Trucial Shaikhs and other tribal leaders;
- local affairs of each of the Trucial Shaikhdoms;
- the hinterland tribes;
- Royal Air Force and Naval matters;
- aviation and shipping;
- American Air Transport Command (at Sharjah);
- British interests;
- medical matters;
- anti-locust work;
- arms traffic;
- weather.
Also within the file is correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah regarding matters raised by the reports or the reports themselves.
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- 1 file (185 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-186 and ff 60-76 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- IOR/R/15/2/326
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- 'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries'
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- front, front-i, 2r:186v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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