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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [121r] (241/408)
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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127. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(1) Reference para: 121 (i) of Pews Report No. 17
of 1948.
The Shaikh of Umm al Qaiwain declined to mediate
in this dispute as the Shaikh of Fujairah had demanded that
the mediator should stand a guarantee for the Beni Qitab.
(ii) It is reported that Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan,
Chief of the Nai'm, has refused to come and meet H.H. the
Sultan of Muscat at Sohar after the ’Id as previously arranged
with Sayid Ahmad bin Ibrahim, Minister of Interior to Muscat
Government during his last tour of Buraimi.
(iii) Obaid bin Saqr, Director of Dairah Customs,
Dubai, and Muhammad Hafidh, a Customs clerk, were charged with
the embezzlement of 5s. 48, 000/-. They were imprisoned for
a week and then released. The movable and immovable property
of the former, upto Rs. 24, 000/- i.e., half of the amount
embezzled, has been confiscated by the Shaikh of Dubai.
(iv) On the 8 th His Highness the
Nawab
An honorific title; an official acting as a provincial deputy ruler in South Asia; or a significant Muslim landowner in nineteenth century India.
of Bhopal,
accompanied by Her Highness and entourage, arrived at Sharjah
by a Dakota aircraft. 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 met His Highness
at the aerodrome. After a stay of 40 minutes His Highness left
for Dhahran on his way to Jedda#
(v) On the 6 th October 37 men, subjects of Mukalla
landed at Sharjah from s.s. Barjora. These people who were
travelling to Hyderabad were refused permission to land in
either India or Pakistan. They left for-Musbat by car.
128. WEATHER REPORT.
Maximum
temperature
99
°F
°F
on
6-10-48
Minimum
H
67
on
7*10-48
Highest
humidity
98
%
on
26-9-48
Average
n
64
°k
at
1200 GMT
m
♦i
75
%
at
0400 GMT
Rainfall:
Nil.
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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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- 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