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'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎226r] (482/534)

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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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From - AM6llah ban Muhanmad ben Yusef An-Sis*fe± A Ahmad ben
Ahmad
We "beg to address you on the subject of an incident that
6courr6d to us, the people of a yillaFo callod A.^man the
chief of which is Ghaith Homaid ben x\bdol Aziz An-Fa'mi,
at the hand of Abdor Rahman ben Muhammad Ash-Shamesi and the
men of a yillarrs called He.jreh, a dependency of Sha^jrah.
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They attacked.'us and Captured the Chief's fort on' the nifrht
of the 27th Ramazan and intneded to occupy the to^n, without
any right or clai^ to it, There was fi/rlitlng between us for
'5 days till the iDed-day of the Raraazan. We besei^ed them
perfectly in the fort, and they aalred for ,3afe conduct
after killing 6 men from us and wounding 3. They came down
from the fort and presented themselres before the Gorernment
Agent, Isa ben Abdoi Latif, and we made an agreement that
*fe should go to the ohara* Court and whaterer is proved
should be acted upon. We agreed to this to
the British QeYarnment. Afterwards hfe yiolatod the agres-
ment and threatened that if we tried to recover our frights
ita he would take ua to task. We are under the Gorernment
protection, and we deem it necessary to submit our complaint
to a person who is higher than feiis the said igent. Major
Daly, P. A., Bahrain, knows that the GoYernment will not
agree to anything unless it is justj but the Agent did not
recoYer our rights from them.
To - -/ajor Daly, 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
Without date.
as a respect

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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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