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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [101r] (201/306)
The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1948-8 May 1948. 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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although he was repeatedly called upon by the Political
Agent to act in accordance with the peace treaty which he
had signed* he declared that he was unable to do so and
alleged that he exercised no control over his former allies*
The chief of these, the Manasir, then restarted their
depredations against Dubai* Economic sanctions were re-imposto
against Abu Dhabi and continued up to the end of the year •
After forbearing to retaliate for the first raid, in November
the Shaikh of Dubai sent a pursuit party after a large force
of Manasir that raided his territory a second time* They
overtook the raiders at Soat, north of Liwa, and inflicted
very heavy casualties on them* Indeed, the casualties of
56 killed and 20 wounded on the Manasir side - including
the leader of the Manasir force wounded - and 5 fatal
casualties among the Dubai force are said to be the heaviest
suffered in a tribal fight on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
within
living memory; and many think that the power of those sections:
of the Manasir that are allied to Abu Dhabi has been seriously
curtailed if not broken for some time to come*
(ii) Jawasim.
The Jawasim Shaikhs of Sharjah and Ras al
Khaimah together with their cousin Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad,
Regent of Kalba, prove, as we gain experience of them, more
and mor4 conclusively their impotence and incapacity to rule*
Neither the Shaikh of Sharjah nor the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah
was able to facilitate the work of the oil company in his
Shaikhdom without the intervention of the Political Officer,
while the Shaikhs of Hira and of the Beni Qitab openly defied
Sharjah and were only brought to terms by the payment of
allowances of Rs* 5000/- and Rs. 30,000/- a year respectively.
The Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah has been at loggerheads with
his nephews, and the dispute was not settled until he
satisfied them financially. The affairs of Kalba under the
regency of Shaikh Khalid and the de facto control of his
nephew Humaid bin Abdullah have gone from bad to worse. The
administration of justice and the maintenance of security
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 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; 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 94-104) 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 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. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 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.
Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.
Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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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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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 19r:19v, 91r:104v, 111r:152v, 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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