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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [‎146r] (291/306)

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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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inoculated* No further case occurred and it is presumed that
the suspected case was not, In fact, cholera* The quarantine
restrictions caused very considerable dislocation and adversely
affected trade for some weeks afterwards*
(vill) Postal Services .
During the year a Sub-Post Office was opened in
Sharjah for two days a week as an experiment* The amount of
postal business transacted did not justify its continuation*
Air mail services were interrupted when B.O.A.C^s "C” Class
flying boats ceased to call at Dubai. Arrangements were 1? ter
made to fly mails to Bahrein in R.A.F. aircraft.
On the 29th October Mr* »• Appleby of the British
General Post Office accompanied by Khan fahib Abdul Hamid,
Superintendent, Civil Knglneerlng, Post Office, Hyderabad, visited
Dubai to study the problems involved In the transfer of the
Dubai Post Office from the Government of Pakistan to H.il.G.
(ix) PuVal - /,bu ^habl dispute.
The armed conflict between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
which arose last year over the ownership of Khor Gh&nadha was
being actively prosecuted by Abu Dhabi at the beginning of the
year. Shaikh Jumah bin 'tektum, brother of the Ruler of Dubai,
who had been one of the main obstacles to a settlement last year
was ordered by the Political Rerident to reside in lahrain until
further notice, and economic sanctions were enforced against
Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zaid of Abu Dhabi. these measures
resulted in the settlement of the dispute on the 6 th March. The
cessation of hostilities was agreed with Jubilation by subjectf
of both Shaikhs* On the 8 th May Shaikh Shakhbut came to Sharjah
and met -haikh Sai*d bin Maktum, O.B*?., Ruler of Dubai, at the
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Unfortunately the settlement proved to be only temporary,
for shortly afterwards Shaikh Shekhhut failed to fulfil his
undertaking to bring his allies into the settlement 5 and, although
he was repeatedly called upon 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. to act in
accordance with the pe^ce 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 deprecations against Dubai, rconomic
sanctions wee were re-imposc’d 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. x hey overtook the raiders at Scat, north of Liwa,
and inflicted very heavy casualties on theip. Indeed, the casualties
of £€ killed and £0 wornded on the Manasir side - including the
leader of the Manasir force wounded - and f fetal 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 5 and
many think that the power of those sections of the Manasir that are
allied to Abu Dhobi has teen seriously curtailed if not broken
for some time to come.
(x) Jawasl m.
The Jawasim Shaikhs of *-harJah and Ras al Khaimah
together with ther cousin Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Regent of
Kelba, prove, as we gain experience cf ^hem, more and more
conclxisively their impotence and incapacity to rule* Neither
the Shaikh of Sharjah nor the Shaikh of Pas al Khaimah w$s able
to facilitate the work of the oil company in his Sheikhdom
without the intervention of the Political Officer, while the
Shaikhs of Hira and of the Beni Qitet openly defied Sharjah
and were only brought to terms by the payment of allowances
of Rs.6,000/- and Rs. 30,000/- a year respectively. The Shaikh
of Has al Khaimah has been at loggerheads with his hephews, and
the dispute was not settled until he satisfied them financially.
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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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1 file (151 folios)
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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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