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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [32r] (63/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1946-8 Feb 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(v) As a result of information received by some
local merchants that the Oovemnent of India contemplate
forbidding the entry of pearls from the Gulf into India
with effect from the 1st July, most of the pearl traders
sent their pearls to Bombay by the last down steamer so
as to reach there before the specified period. Shaikh
Rashid bin Said also sent his stock of pearls.
Due to the unsettled conditions in India and
the slump in the pearl market, the number of pearling
boats that put to the diving banks from the Coast is nearly
half what it \ma last year.
86. R.A.R.
During the period under report there have been
* fow cases of petty theft from the R.A.R.Canp. A radio
set and a few petty articles were stolen from a Dakota
aircraft, on the aerodrome. The Shaikh^ tracker was
employea and all the stolen articles were recovered from
the culprits who wore two habitual thieves.
The Officer Commanding, R,A.F,Sharjah, visited
tho Shaikh of Sharjah, accompanied by the
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,
and discussed with him arrangements for tho protection of
the R.A.^.Camp with a view to putting a stop to further
thefts.
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Lowest minimum 6 B c f
Highest humidity yo ^
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The file contains confidential news reports from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The reports were prepared by the Political Officer (in winter) 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 (in summer) and sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain. Each report covers a range of matters and is organised in short sections under a sub-heading. The latest news relating to the following is included:
- civil aviation;
- shipping;
- US and Royal Navies;
- movement of British officials and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs;
- Royal Air Force;
- local affairs;
- anti-locust operations;
- red oxide extraction at Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nai'r Islands;
- weather.
The file also contains some correspondence between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain relating to Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. affairs.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
- Arrangement
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 inside back cover with 204; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-191; 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/4/15
- Title
- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 54v:203v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence