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'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎168r] (366/534)

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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. ind Consulite-Generel,
Bush ire y l&fzuvj 1920.
To
The Shaikh of /Jm^n
i..C
y-'b /£*
I htve received your letter of Shewwtl regarding the
affair of the taking of the fort at Ljrun by /.bdur Rkhman
ben Muhammad. I have also received reports on the subject
from the -'-gent of the iiigh Government and a le J ter from the
Shaikh of Shargch #
i-s you &re aw £ re, the n igh Government docs not interfere
in inoCxnai affairs in your gtates unleus the lives or
property of Dr tish or subjects of foreign friendly powers
ere endangered. For this reason,until* .this should happen
the fighting at /jman wes no affair of the British i-gent.
But you and the Sheikh of ^hargah finding that /bdor Rehneh
could not be dislodged both ssked the good offices of the
British ^gent and he went to i.Jmen at your request. /bdur
Rahman faring (naturally enough in the circumstcnoes) refus
to evacuate the ioru until he received assurances irom you
and the ;jbaiKh of fhargeh b^acted by the essurance of the
British i.gent the he would be given a safe conduct and not
be molested, both you ^heikhs gave the i.gent the requisite
durances, and he gave as assurance on the strength of thi
i.bdor Rahman evacuated the fort which was handed b^ck to
t Vou. ..... , ■ r i ::,
Xour assu.ances for the protection of the lives and
property of i>ior Rahman were uacked uy the British /gent,
and this l^eing so, my friend, I expect you to fulfil them
end not to violate your pledges by trying to molest i'bdur

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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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