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'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries' [‎14r] (27/374)

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The record is made up of 1 file (185 folios). It was created in 11 Oct 1939-23 Dec 1946. 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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buying frrns ae ftr afield aa Rams; but I doubt if he »il.i get
many men to fire them, ae Sh. Mo ha rued bin A 1 , i hae gent a letter
to Sh. Sc ' id, which wax ee-en by c reliab 1 e person, v.ho kaye that
Mohamed promised eolemnlj all help to Sa' id.
5 he expenditure in Cuba i on precautioner ty aereuree ie,
however, very high, poseibly as much as Re. 2 C 0 C/^ ner mensem*
The Baluchis enlisted oy Sa 1 id no., number ]20 , and I met some
further
of a/batch of 15 in Kalba, en route for Duba i. Sa ' id says that
he would be prepared to give Man!' an i a^lownce if he would live
in Bahrain or India; but I an afraid Mani* is out lot vengeance
or nothing.
A slight upset was recently caused in Dubai bj some bunnies
writing up "British Subject" on their shop doors, without any
apparent reason f thereby giving rise to wild rumours. (I had, of
course, told them to do this in case of an axs actual attack,).
Sh. Li 1 id has now asked me not to let t em do this a in an^. case,
and has given me a fulP. acceptance of responsibility for their
safety. ^hait lies behind this business is the local bunnias’
desire to establish i„ mohalla of their xsa in Dubai, to which
Sh. Sa'id is (very understandably) opposed.
5* -m ^ d< . I was left at Kalba by the Eastbound lancplane, and
hoped to b et back overland. Sh. Humaid, however, who wax to have
xt me there and assisted, was prevented from getting there by
fever, and there was no-one responsible in Kalba. I therefore
had to come back on the westbound plane. While there, I visited
Pot itica't Officer, Truciat Coaxt
15 ^ 1-40

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The file contains fortnightly news reports on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , compiled by the Political Officer or 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. Included are the reports from late October 1939 to early March 1942, when they stop, resuming again at the start of 1945 until the end of 1946.

Each report was sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and contained important summarised information on the following matters:

  • visits of British and foreign notables;
  • the movements of Trucial Shaikhs and other tribal leaders;
  • local affairs of each of the Trucial Shaikhdoms;
  • the hinterland tribes;
  • Royal Air Force and Naval matters;
  • aviation and shipping;
  • American Air Transport Command (at Sharjah);
  • British interests;
  • medical matters;
  • anti-locust work;
  • arms traffic;
  • weather.

Also within the file is correspondence between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah regarding matters raised by the reports or the reports themselves.

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1 file (185 folios)
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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 187; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-186 and ff 60-76 respectively; 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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