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'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)' [15r] (29/104)
The record is made up of 1 file (50 folios). It was created in 15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948. 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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Nov' thrt the ice bee been broken I rm hopeful of much
cloeer relations v.ith ? bo^y of men vho rre rfr c i2 of no combi-
nrtions of Trucirl sheikhs rn^. of vhcm the r hrikh of Dubai
specks v;ith respect end confesses to being most reluctrnt to
Fiitrgonise.
4. The Beni ^itrb rre in de frcto control of the interior
of Trucirl Omrn to the T,r est of the Centrrl rrnge rnd their
rrer spreads from ^hrid in the north to veil belov the south
ern limits of Jebel Friyrh. In my opinion their closest con
tacts have rlv.rys been v-ith the r hrikhs of c hrrjrh rnd there
is little doubt that rt one time the ghrikhs of ^hrrjrh
exercised jurisdiction over the greater part of the rrer which
the trite today occupies. There is even les c - doubt though
that the present ghrikh of ^hrrjrh would now not have the
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slightest hope of exercising his authority in any part of the
^eni r itrb tribal rrer unless it vr~ with the consent of
Shaikh Mohammed bin r li bin TT uweidin. "rhe tribal arcs of the
■^eni r itab is of particular interest in that it forms part
of the area which Messrs, petroleum Concessions Limited could
with some justification maintain was within the limits of their
agreement with,the Chaikh of Charjrh.
5. The fewer the shaikhs that we have to deal with when oil
company operations recommence after the war the better. There
fore I would like authority to instruct 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.
/'gent
to discuss cuite unofficially ^ith the r haikh of ^harjah the
possibility of his coming to an amicable agreement with
Mohammed bin /'li bin TJ uwe id in whereby the "eni r itab would
raise no objection to the entry into the territory under their
immediate control of Petroleum Concessions Limited for the
purpose of exploring for and if necessary extracting petroleum
products, in return for a share of the Chaikh of ^hsrjahPs
present and future revenues from petroleum Concessions Limited.
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Cigned:-
Yours sincerely,
T. TJ ickinbothrm.
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The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. 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 or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and 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 Bushire (Bahrain from 1946).
Matters covered by the file include:
- Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, the ruler of Sharjah's proposal to build a fort on the island of Sir Bu Nu'air;
- an intercepted letter from King 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to Shaikh Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Huwaidin of the Bani Qatab [Bani Qitab] tribe (August 1939);
- a settlement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed of Kalba over the allowance given to the latter;
- fears of Bedouin raids in Dubai;
- a proposal from the Bank of India and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to open a branch in Sharjah;
- the murder of the cousin and rival of the Shaikh of Himriyah;
- incidents of robbery by members of the Bani Qitab and Awamir tribes;
- reparation work carried out on the falaj ( pl. aflāj), a network of water channels, at Dhaid.
Folio 12 is a secret memorandum on the Bani Qitab tribe, written by Khan Abdur Razzak, 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, dated 6 October 1943.
Folio 51 is a genealogical chart of the Qasimi tribe.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (50 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 52; 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 2-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 9r:22v, 24r:25v, 27r:30v, 33r:42v, 44r:45v, 47r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r:51v, 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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