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'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎166r] (362/534)

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The record is made up of 2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921. 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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British 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. & Consulcte-Cenertl,
Bushire , July 10-0.
To
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Ghaikh Khcled ben ihrn^d,
^hief of Shargeh.
i-.C.
I htve received Tour letter of 7th nhw/al re pc rd inp the
tfftir of the taking of the fort ti J.jmzn hy jbdur R^hmtn
hen Muhammad. I hive ^Iso received reports on the subject
from the /gent of the High Government end & letter from the
Sheikh of ijmcn. ^
i.s you &re cwtre the High Government does not interfere
in intwrnc.1 tfftirs in your states unless the lives or
property of British or subjects of foreign friendly powers
are endangered. For this reason, until thus should hippen
the fighting £t Ijm^n was no effeir of the British /gent.
t
But you end the ^heivh of / jm^n finding thtt i.bdur Rfhm^n
could not be dislodged both esked for the good offices of
the British /gent £-nd he went to / jm^n ct your request,
ibdur Rahman hiving (ncturally enough in the circumst£nces)
refused.to evscuste the fort until he received essurences
from you and the Shiikh of /jm^n becked by the xssur^nce of
the British /.gent thet he would be given sefe conduct £hd
not be molested, both you Sheikhs gave the /gent the
requisite assurances, end he give en essurence n the
strength of this to /bdur Rehmn who evecueted the fort which
was handed beck to the Sheikh of /jm£n.
Your assurtnces for the protection of the lives Jnd
property of i.biur Rthntn were btoked by the British
tnd this being so, my friend, I expect you to fulfill ther
ttid not to violtte your pledges by trying to nolest ybdur
nth™ 1 *

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Correspondence concerning Ajman affairs. The Correspondence describes the Sheikh of Ajman having rejected the present from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and a public refusal to receive letters from 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; his alleged participation with the Bin Luta family in intrigues which led to a warning from the Shaikh of Umm al-Qawain that 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's life was in danger. Correspondence also discusses British ships destroying two towers of the Sheikh of Ajman as punishment.

The file includes the geneaology of the Bin Lutas (ff, 73 - 74). Correspondents include 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; P.Z. Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Sheikh Butti bin Soheil, Chief of Dubai.

The second volume recounts an incident in which the son of Mohammed bin Abdur Rahman occupied the fort of the Shaikh of Ajman. Correspondents include Ronald Evelyn Wingate, 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. , Muscat; 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; Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Chief of Sharjah.

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2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios)
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The file is arranged in two volumes.

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Foliation: The file comprises of two volumes, with the foliation sequence running continuously across both volumes, with folios 1-125A being located in volume 1 and folios 126-249 in Volume 2. The foliation consists of small 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. There is also a pagination sequence which also runs across both volumes, it comprises of large pencil numbers located in the top left and top right hand corners of the pages respectively,

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