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'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948' [124r] (247/322)
The record is made up of 1 file (159 folios). It was created in 3 Jan 1949-11 Jan 1950. 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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ii/LgCAL.&maas-r (u*)
( ^ (1) Dubai - Abu Dhabi Dispute.
The economic sanctions imposed on Abu Dhabi continued
\jytlll the 29th April when a settlement of the dispute between
Dubai and Abu Dhabi was arrived at. On the 22nd April the
Shaikh of Abu Dhabi sent a deputation to Sharjah composed of his
brothers Hazza* and Zayid and his maternal uncle Hamid bin Buti,
to see the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, and discuss the
possibilities of a settlement with Dubai over the question of
Abu Dhabi allies. Negotiations took place between both sides
in the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
in the presence of the Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, and a settlement was arrived at which was acceptable to
both sides. The question of camels which the Ruler of Abu Dhabi
claimed to have been on deposit with the Manasir and captured
by Dubai during their raid against the Manasir last year was
referred to the Ruler of Umm al Qawain for arbitration. At the
end of the year this matter had not yet been finally settled.
A small party of the Manasir later raided Dubai but
were heavily defeated and consequently the Manasir themselves
made peace with Dubai and their relations have since been
friendly. After peace had been concluded large numbers of the
Manasir and their chiefs visited Dubai and received lavish
presents in cash and kind from Shaikh Rashid bin Sai'd. It is
believed that Shaikh Rashid instigated the Manasir to dissent
from the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi and prevent the Oil Company from
working in their area. The Shaikh of Abu Dhabi complained to
the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, against Rashid's harmful
activities and the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, warned
Rashid against deliberate trouble-making. Dubai maae peace with
the other tribes who were hostile to them.
(ii) The Ras al Khaimah coup d'etat:
In early February Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad bin Salim,
third nephew of Sultan bin Salim,
/the ex-Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah, seized the town of Ras al
Khaimah with the consent of the inhabitants and with the aid of
the Khawatir tribe without bloodshed. Sultan bin Salim was at
the time in Dubai where he has a wife and house. Sultan bin
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1948 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 active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; British Postal Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; 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 116-129) 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , at Bahrain.
The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final, summarised 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. Al Khalifa; 2. Education; 3. Agriculture; 4. Water Conservation; 5. Municipalities; 6. Public Works; 7. Electricity Department; 8. Telephone Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Pearling; 11. Customs; 12. Food Control; 13. Shipping; 14. Post Office; 15. Administration of Justice; 16. Police; 17. Economic; 18. Medical; 19. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 20. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 21. Cable and Wireless Limited; 22. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 23. Royal Navy; 24. United States Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. US Consul, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; 28. Bahrain and Palestine; 29. Bahrain and Persia; 30. Items of Interest; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. 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 159-60 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (159 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 with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 161; 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 typed foliation sequence is also present between ff 40-88; these numbers are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1948'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 24r:24v, 32r:37v, 110r:113v, 115r:160v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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