'14/7 (XVIII) and (XX) Arab Coast. Miscellaneous'

Content

This file contains correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Bahrain, and Sharjah.

Topics include:

• The visit of Lady Willingdon to Sharjah.
• A raid by Manasir tribe and murder of the Amir of Khan village.
• Diving on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and measures to improve the living conditions of the divers. Includes translation of letters from Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum, ruler of Dubai to 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, Sharjah; and from Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Government of Bahrain to Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain.
• The building of a fort by the Sheikh of Sharjah.
• A pilgrimage to Mecca by Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh of Qatar (1940).

Extent and format

1 volume (61 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. There are file notes at the back of the file explaining how the file is arranged.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: This consists of pencil numbers, located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. The foliation sequence commences on the front cover and concludes on the last folio before the back cover.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/240

Former external reference(s)

Series A: 14/7

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Jun 1933-29 Aug 1942 (CE, Gregorian)

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'14/7 (XVIII) and (XX) Arab Coast. Miscellaneous', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/240, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000d5> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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