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'File 38/1 Vol I, P. C. L. Exploration' [‎64r] (127/468)

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The record is made up of 1 file (231 folios). It was created in 3 Nov 1945-10 Dec 1947. 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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Statement of Nasir bin Abdui Latif, interpreter of the
Geological Party.
SS t S~“ > S5 1 S“t c IES^h -
reoruai j xo Mhaid and Xhence "to Favah. He ■ronincsH tKn+ ^ a
m C u^ nn ^ one us from Sharjah until ho had first sent wor^tn ^
s xk 1 ;;
s^irsc^ 1 ”^ M r s s a rLfisSa,. !
13 - h of . rebruar y 1946 I went to Shcaikh Sultan and
w;^,? ssr a 1
HSiir - « “ v K.TLSf^ \
iired near the lorry. I asked the driver what the sound wa" Ho
answered that the sound was caused by the exhaust. As seor. -U ho
inished his word I heard a second shot which was terrific* for £
to Stoo G ^t n<3aI ! my an< ? that of the dr iver. I told the’driver
op at once and, looking straight towards the rieht Side
I saw a man standing at a distance of 30 yxu yards from the lorrv
with a camel and holding a rifle in his hand? He shouted: "aet y
t niif + r0 K awa y"* shouted to him to stop so that we micht
talk to him, but he refused to do so. He kept on going, leading E
w^er^f the?f cam^ Wel1 ' ^ the Wel3L thcre wei ’ a ^
whose ^me is -aHH Mn ffi n ng / h0m -nu ns the prouder's maternal uncle, f
bin HaT^m Mn bi Hazim * The marauder, whose name is Amir
went wav while WGnt ^ ^ well > watered his camel and
and inonfned 1 k < 3 w® w ere watching him. We then went..to the well
his ^ncle d I aaked t hi m ma h; + T1 ?? SG who were Present infonned me of
mod +£i+‘+v, 1 asked h im about the man and he replied that he was
mad, thaw they wore not able to arrest him and that he w->q th<»
same man who fired at Mr. Hamsden at Dhnid on the 1st of February
h?d^* T b er o u P o n I examined the lorry and found that the first shot
ont ?^ net +S te + the . c ° ver of the lorry, from the ri|&t side and came ^
out from the top at the rear and the second shot had nierced the
amlhaTo^the d th ? radia ^ r at one ^ a ’s distance ?rom mJ seat ’
ana that oi the driver. The shot marks are still visible.
^ le well at 3.30 p.m. arriving at Folai al Ali ->t 4 m
p.m. I asked about the encampment of Muhammad bin Ali bin Huwaidin
and one of his servants named Suwailim ledme to it. I reached
the encampment at 5.30 p.m. I met Jluhmnmnd bin Ali bin HitwSdin
“ d t ^ s «?P h ? w 41 i bin Abdullah near Bir-bin-Ohirair ^d reported
to them the incident and the purpose for which I hod come Hh-viVh
oultan s messenger took part with me in the talk. Both Shaikh
fo^tha^n 1 ?* A t i a ^ d A1 ^ Mn Abdullah expressed their deep regret
1 u d ? nt and a P°loglsed that they had no complicity or
collusion whatever in the incidents perpetrated by that man. that
he was mad and that Muhammad bin Ali had ordered his people to
He J he + £ lrst incident, but that they failed P to do so.
? d -i me ’ 1 !? tb ? presence of Shaikh Sultan's messenger, to
SG c d ^ S S ec:l ?i mGn h ^ s parsnll and to arrest or kill him? He
?? k + U £° r threedays' grace and that none of the geologists should
go to Dhaid or Fayah through any road till he or Ali bin Abdullah
come to jharjah at the end of the three days and bring with them
the man either chained or bring his head (if killed). They advised
as it was U s?f^ ? harjah by /?i aJ al A li-Botha-O b nl Qaiwain road
as it was safer for us. At 10.00 pm. I left Falaj al Ali via
February d 1946. arrlVed Qt Sharjah at 4 * 00 a - m - on th ^ 14th of
¥
Sd. Wasir bin Abdul Latif.

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The file contains correspondence relating to survey expeditions carried out in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. (today's United Arab Emirates) region by Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, a subsidiary of Petroleum Concessions Limited. The correspondence is principally between 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 at Sharjah, the Political Officer of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , also at Sharjah, 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, representatives of Petroleum Concessions Limited and Petroleum Development ( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited, the 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. , the rulers of Sharjah, Ras al Khaimah [Ra's al-Khaymah], and Abu Dhabi, as well as the leaders of a number of more minor tribes.

The correspondence covers the arrangements for, and the progress of, survey work carried out by the company during the winters of 1945/46, 1946/47, and 1947/48, in the vicinities of Jabal Faiyah and Buraimi [Al-Buraymī], including a reconnaissance trip through Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. al Gor. Contained in the file are regular updates on the progress of the surveys sent by company representatives to either 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 or the Political Officer at Sharjah.

Matters of a political nature were referred by the company 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 or the Political Officer, and the following issues are covered within the file:

  • numerous incidents of resistance from local Bedouin inhabitants, usually triggered by transgression of tribal boundaries;
  • pay arrangements for guards and labourers, including a strike by workers in October 1946;
  • the employment of non-British subjects (namely Americans);
  • tribal and territorial allegiances that impacted on the work of the surveyors.

Folio 102 is a sketch map of the area explored around Ajman [‘Ajmān] and Umm al Qaiwain [Umm al Qaywayn].

Folios 211-232 are internal office notes, including extracts from the oil concession agreement with Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr of Sharjah [Sulṭān II bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ].

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1 file (231 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio, 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; 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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