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'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries' [35r] (69/374)
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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Truclal Coc.s t Report for the period ena:Lx 0 Jc.nuar:' 19410
llovevents of British Officers.
V ^ /
Reference paragraph 171 of my last diary^ I returned from
Xmas le ve in the morning of January 10th.
2. Visitors
The following gentlemen have visioed Sharjah during the period
under report:-
(a) I.!r. A -.A.Davidson, representative of the Director General of
British Overseas airways Corporation. He stayed about 4 days and was
taken to see Has al Khaim- h. He also went hcwvking with the Shaikh of
dinner.
(b) hr.'hitteron, Chief Engineer of the Iraq .A.ter Board. He is
reporting on the Flying Boat lighting area at Dube i. : .n^ io-t)trill nure.
(c) Hr.Brierley, A.L.J.D., l/C Electrical Services Iraq and the
six in Dubai, four in Sharjah and four in Abu Dhabi. Segregation Camps
ere, of course, a. permanent feature of the local administrations and
over eleven hundred vaccinations have been carried out in the last
fortnight. Our vaccine is now exhausted and many people have had to be
refused vaccination. Fresh supplies are, however, on order.
It is generally considered locally that the infection came f: g
from 3a f udi rabia 0
y
British Overseas Airways Corpdjation have v/arned all intending
visitors to Sharjah to bring with them a certificate showing that they
have been vaccine ted within the year.
4. There has been no rain^except a few drops, since last year
and the situ: tion is serious. In fact, cattle and camels are in such ;
an emaciated condition that if rain occurs during the next few weeks,
it is more than likely that they will be Le to withstand the r
Dubai and the opportunity was taken to entertain our local friends to
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
3. Local affairs
There have been a number of cases of smallpox on the Coast,
consequent cold and exposure and will perish
5. V/eather for the week ending 9th January
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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
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- Open Government Licence