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'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946' [151r] (301/318)
The record is made up of 1 file (157 folios). It was created in 23 Dec 1946-5 Mar 1947. 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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On the 18th March an R.A.F. Wellington flew
over the s.s. '• Afghanis tan” anchored off the island of
Abu Musa to drop a message on board. Unfortunately in
doing so the pilot misjudged his height and struck the
top of one of the ship^ masts, carrying it away, and
damaging the tail and rudder of his aircraft. After
jettisoning its petrol the ’plane made a belly landing
on the island. rhe crew were uninjured and were taken
to Sharjah the same day by launch.
The engines were undamaged but the ’plane was
"written off" and offered, with the dismantled engines,
to the Shaikh of Sharjah.
( xi ) U.S.A.T.C .
About 60 tons of wireless masts and other
wireless equipment from the U.S.A.T.C. establishment
at Sharjah were sold to the Arabian American Oil Company
by the U.S. Army•authorities and shipped to Dhahran by
oil barge.
(xii) Local Affairs .
(a) In April of this year the Shaikh of Ras al
Khaimah built a fort at
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur to prevent highway
robbers from invading the Batinah Coast through the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur. The Muscat Government met the cost of building
the fort and are also paying for the maintenance of the
garrison consisting of eight men.
(b) After the Khor Ghanadhah incident relations
between the shaikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi became strained.
V/hen all the efforts of 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.
to induce the
Shaikh of Dubai to return some 150 camels, which he had
looted, to Abu Dhabi failed sanctions were imposed on him
by stopping all travel facilities to Dubai subjects and by
diverting one steamer to Sharjah. in the meanwhile the
Shaikh of Abu Dhabi had raised a force of 2,000 men under
the command of his brother Shaikh Hazza bin Sultan for
invading Dubai. 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.
who was then at
Sharjah prevented a clash by obtaining the agreement of
Dubai to pay compensation to Abu Dhabi. The Shaikh of Dubai
also agreed to return all the Abu Dhabi looted camels.
Although these demands were complied with,
negotiations for the restoration of friendly relations
between Shaikh Hazza and the Shaikh of Dubai broke down,
and the efforts of the various Trucial Shaikhs to mediate
in the dispute were all in vain. Both sides indulged in
numerous camel looting incidents the shaikh of Dubai takintr
the initiative in most cases. By the end of the year the
situation had quietened down.
(c) Another significant event on the Trucial
Coast during the year was the dispute between the Shaikh
of Ras al Khaimah and his brother and his nephews. In
August the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah garrisoned his fort
and strategic points in and around Ras al Khaimah stopping
/all traffic
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1946 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 23-33) 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 125-152), 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; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Telephone Department; 10. Pearling; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Accidents within Port Limits; 15. The Port of Bahrain; 16. Post Office; 17. Administration of Justice; 18. Police; 19. Economic; 20. Medical; 21. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 22. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 23. Cable & Wireless Limited; 24. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 25. Royal Navy; 26. Royal Air Force; 27. American Consulate, Dhahran; 28. Visitors; 29. Local Affairs; 30. The Weather; 31. Qatar; 32. 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 155-158 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (157 folios)
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) 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. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 5-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 V Annual Report for the Year 1946'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 21r:33v, 40r:44v, 58r:59v, 75r:78v, 124r:158v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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