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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [146r] (291/408)
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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Confidential
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1
Trucial Coc^st llevs . eport No# 5 fct the period froai
the 9th to the hSrd 51arc 1949*
50 ♦ X ♦ A « h *
Nil.
cl* Shippinr.
(i) On the 15th S.3.
from hunder Ahhrs# discheT^ed 57
having dischn ged 1969 package« #
Burp eta arrived at Sharjah
r ' packager. # 1 eft for Dubai and,
left for Bali rain on the 14th*
(ii) Cn the 16th S.S* larala arrived at Dubai from
Bahrain, discharged 59 packages, left for S'- artah and, having
discharged 2?0Z pack gee?, left for Muscat the sure day*
32* British Interests*
(i) On the 9th Sir Hugh Weight ran, C.I.E*, C*S*I*,
arrived at Shar r.k by air. On the 10th he left for Abu Dhabi
by air and retimed to Sharjah cn the 11 th.
(ii) On the. 10th the Holloways surveyors party
under r* Lindsay left fo Huscat by car arriving there on
the 11 th*
(iii) Kr. Noble ©i the Ministry o Works, Cairo,
left for Muscat on the 10th arriving there nr tie 11th*
{iv) Reference para: 23 (i) of News Report No* 4 of f 49
On the 10th Mr* A .2* Bird left for the United
Kingdom by ai ,
¥
(v) During the period under report, petroleuia
Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited, reroved their crop fimn
the Jabal Ali area and brought their stores and equipment to
their Sharjah heuee* TH«.- seismic party are now operating in
Dubai and Sharjah areas from a line running northwards and
eastwards.
On the 15th Itcssrs* Baker, jE*F. Veiling© aiid
G*A. Giboon, Company geologists, ived at SJiar ah by air*
On the 16th they carried out a recannaisss; nee flight over
Oman and, after landing in Masi ah for refuelling, they
retumdd to Sharjah* They left Sharjali on the 17th* 21
O 21 the 16th Squadron-Leader Codrai arrived at
Sharjah to take up his appointment as Assistant to Mr* H*M*
Jackson, Representative of Messrs* Petroleum Development
(Trucial Co^st) Limited*
33* kovenients Trucial Gorst Shaikhs*
{i ) Re ference pa ra tr7 cf Kewe R eper t No• 4 of f 49.
On the 10th Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah
have le t Bahrain
treatment for hie
for India on 21st where he intends to undergo
rany a 11 mentt•
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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