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'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries' [34r] (67/374)
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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Sh&ikhs, their relatives and friends to dinner• Shaikh Sa*id
was however indisposed and unable to attend. Twenty of us sat down
to dinner and after dinner, the rather old but apparently
perennially interesting 16 mm. films dn charge of Airways were
again shown, nt the same tine, in the next room, exactly 70 Shaikhly
followers were polishing off the scraps on the rich men f s table.
4. Local Affairs - Diba.
As already reported, the trouble at Diba has been settled
on a basis of Dafin through the good offices of the Shaikh of
Fujairah and the Muscat authorities*
j.he Shaikh oi Dubai did not interfere, as he originally
intended^and in fact^when I suggested the matter was already in
capable nands, seemed only too pleased to have the excuse not to
undertake a long and wearisome journey.
2 j5 Weather for week ending. 12 th Dec ember o
Average maximum
00
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o
Average minimum
55.50
Highest maximum
CO
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0
Lowest minimum
52.°
Highest Humidity
96 %
Rainfall
Nile
Although there has
been a distinct drop in temperature,the
weather is not at all bracing.
The
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Diary for the fortnight ending 31st
December 1940 will be submitted by the Hesidency Agent as I shall be
away on Xmas leave®
Political Uli'icer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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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)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/326
- Title
- 'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:186v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence