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'File 8/8 IV Annual Administration Report for 1945' [‎104r] (207/280)

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The record is made up of 1 file (138 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1946-9 Mar 1946. It was written in English. 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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I'ncli. After lunch the Fon T blc the Politic' 1 Fesi&ert addressed
the gathering and then returned to Sharjah. It is a r o:ethy of
note that all the Fulers of ^racial Oman were present at this
gathering with the exception of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi no did
not attend due to the distance involved and also due to the
fact thet the launch which carried his invitation was wreokeo.•
r': 0 greatest amiability prevailed during the gathering end she
Shaikhs a opeared to be on very cordial ter vs with each other
though^rith one exception they 11 appeared, as is customary,
arned to the teeth. ' r,, -e exception was the nost ow.rlike of them
all, Sheikh TT uhaiimad bin A.li bin Huwaidin, the Faranount Shaikh
of the Deni oitab, who out of courtesy to the F.esident, arrived
-ith his followers unaried.
(ii) During the night of the 17th of October Shaikh Fashid,
son of the Shaikh of Dubai, occupied TOior ^hanadhah vmth about
300 armed ^ien. ny of these were carried by sea and they
brought with the r ’ large Quantities of building material and
showed every intention of building a fort which ' ould conand
the Hior. a.s in the other 'Frucial Coast States, the boundary
b^F/reen the Sh.aikhdons of D^bai and Abu -I-.abi has never been
’defined and while negotiations between these two '/ere nearing
a conclusion in 1937 Ohanadhah was not included in the Shaikh
of Dubai f s(nost extre'ie claim, Fis son’s act, therefore,
apart from being a breach of the treaty '"ith T "is ’ T ' jesty f s
dovernnent of 1355 - -rhich forbade aggression by sea - was a
Fitlerian attempt to present G-overment and the Shaikh of Abu
Dhabi with a fait accompli. rn he visits of the \ssistant
Political Ardent and of the Political A-ent to the Crucial coast
rrere made as a result of this move. Fhe Assistant Fd itical
1 gent renorted that •'‘he Sheikh of Abu D habi was preparing,
by calling in his tribal supporters, to meet force T 'ith force,
and hostilities appeared to be im i4nent. Acting on
instructions from the ^on’ble 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. the
t> 0 i it~* c r ' 1 A rent demanded from the Shaikh of Dubai that he
withdraw his forces forthwith from ^hanadhah. This demand
v/as/ -

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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1945 Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , as well as the reports themselves.

The correspondence is between the 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. and representatives of institutions that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 98-105) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by the 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. at Bahrain to the Political 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. at Bushire.

The final report (folios 111-135), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah Family; 4. Bahrain Police; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearl Industry; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. Medical (General); 16. The Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Education; 19. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 20. Visits of Foreign Notables; 21. Local Affairs; 22. The Weather; 23. Economic; 24. Cable & Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 27. The Royal Air Force; 28. American Consulate; 29. Qatar; 30. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.

Folios 137-139 are internal office notes.

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1 file (138 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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