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'CONFIDENTIAL, B. 26 File No. 14/215 Confiscation by Persian Customs at Farur of cargo, etc, from 2 Arab dhows' [16r] (43/189)
The record is made up of 1 volume (89 folios). It was created in 1 Aug 1930-31 Dec 1930. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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informed liim fiat we tiad ten "ba^s of rice and four "bais of 'rr?
coffee and produced tlie pass we had in our possession .He
asked me to open the desk and the store place of the "boat.I
therefore opened the desk .Inside it^he saw a "bag of pearls
and inquired from me from where T had ohtainod it: I informed
him that I had "bought same on the Trucial CJoasts during last
summer's diving.He took the pearls from me: they are worth
ten thousand Eupees»IIe then inspected the store room of the
ivi Li-
boat and thereofoundL the sum of Rs3080 and he took away-
He said afterwards that he would send a Tufangchi with us
to go to Lingah to the Senior Kudir there.7e said there was
no harm- He therefore went ashore and after an hour two
Tufangchies came up with the money and one of them said to us
that the other Tufangchi would accompany us with the money to
the Mudir at Lingah. This happened at ahout sunset and after
an hour had passed from the^lght, w«r left the Frur Island.The
Tufangchi slept,we took his arm and we all combined and havlng[
arrested him/tied him up. This Tufangchi informed us that
the "bag of money in his charge contained Rs 1080 from our own
money and Hs 850/whichFae/'took from the hoat "belonging to
two persons of Ajman namely Yusuf "bin Abdullah "bin Lutah and
Ahdur Rahman "bin Ahmad: and that the ?'udir had sent their "boat
with her cargo which consisted of rice / to the '^ais Island
to the Mudir of Customs there.
^e reached Ajman on the 7th Hahi* ul Awal 1349(2.8*301
and called on Shaikh Rashid "bin Hum aid and informed him of wke
what had happened to us and he told me to call on the Jlesiden/:
Agent,3hargah and inform him of the case.
Takan in my presence.
3gd and Sid., K.B.Isa "bin Abdul Latif.
State/of UbaicL bin Salim of Ajman Nakhuda of Mayed bin 3ultan^
boat,dated 7th Habi f ui Awai 1349(2.8.30).
1
On the 2nd Eabi ul Awal 1349 (28-7-30) we left ijman for Debai
7e stayed at Debai for two days to buy stores for the time
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Bushire, Sharjah, Tehran and Simla. The main correspondents include: 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. , Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Minister for Foreign Affairs of Persian Government.
The file includes reports on two dhows that left Ajman on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. with food for pearl banks. They were stopped by the Persian Customs Director at Farur who confiscated rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. and pearls; it ordered the second dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. to proceed to Lingah with police on board. The dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. returned to Ajman and the Shaikh imprisoned the police; only the presence of a British ship prevented Ajman from sending an armed force. 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. noted that it was 'undesirable that Persian officials should correspond with Trucial Shaikhs'. Following discussions with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Persian Government the matter was resolved and arrangements made for the Persian Custom Authorities at Bushire for transfer of the confiscated rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. . The file includes the Shaikh of Ajman's original letter in Arabic 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 English translation.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence consists of pencil numbers located in the top right corner of each folio. Foliation begins at the first telegram on number 1 and runs through to 89, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Foliation omission: There is no folio 10.
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- front, back, spine, spine-a, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1r:9v, 11v:50r, 51r:75v, 76v, 77v:88v, back-i
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