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'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [180r] (359/372)
The record is made up of 1 file (184 folios). It was created in 4 Jan 1950-20 Jul 1950. 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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Dates of proclamations were:
(a) Abu Dhabi 10th June
(b) Dubai 13th June
(c) Sharjah 16th June
(d) Has al Khaimah
(e) Umm al Qeiwain )
& Ajman ) 20th June.
17. SLAVE TRADE .
Action was taken against the Shaikhs in two parti
cularly glaring cases of enslavement in 1949.
On 24th December, 1943, Shaikh Rahma bin Abdurrahman,
Shaikh of Hera, a dependency of Sharjah, was reported to
have seized and sold to the bedouin three of his subjects, all
free persons. Shaikh Rahma refused to come to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
to give an account of himself, and when a wsx sworn statement
had been taken from one of his subjects exposing the Shaikh’s
complicity in the affair, the Ruler of Sharjah was called
upon to intervene with force. On 21st January Sharjah
guards occupied Hera,remained in occupation throughout the
year. Shaikh Rahma spent the year as the unwelcome guest
of various
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Rulers.
Following reliable reports in March of kidnapped
persons having been taken to Saudi Arabia as slaves in the
launch 'Joker' belonging to Shaikh Rashid of Dubai, this
vessel was detained in Bahrain at the request of the Political
Agent and its crew arrested. The Ruler of Dubai disclaimed
all knowledge of the case, but there is excellent reason to
believe that his daughter Mozah and the sons of his brother
Juma'h had carried out the whole business with his connivance.
i/ifhether the action taken in these two cases and the
enquiries made in numerous others have had an effect upon
the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Rulers, it is difficult.to judge, but
the number of enslavements reported to the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
during
the year steadily declined and during the second half of
the. year, only 2 fresh cases were reported ky Ah* i arfemg»»»**<«
and both victims were restored by the intervention of the
Rulers.
18. DUBAI - iiBU DhABI BOUNDARY .
The two rulers having agreed to submit to H.M.G's
arbitration over the Dubai - Abu Dhabi boundary, in 1949
the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, examined the rival
claims and recorded the chief landmarks within the disputed
area upon a nap. A comprehensive report was submitted to
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.
, Bahrain, on the 2nd April, and on 30th
Kay, 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.
announced to both rulers his decision
which was a line running inland from Ras Hasian, a headland
roughly midway between the two towns, by the wells of Ghafur
and Hafir to the well of Al Eshush.
19. ECONOMIC .
During 1949, prices in general dropped and control
of piecegoods and wheat was abolished as the free market
products began to undersell the controlled product.
As from September, Egyptian rice purchased through
the Ministry of Food began to arrive and to be distributed
through the Dubai and Sharjah Food Companies. This rice
was/better
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1949 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. , including 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; British Postal Agencies; 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); British Bank of Iran and the Middle East (formerly 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. (folios 106-22) and Qatar (folios 99-102) reports are 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 and the British Agent at Doha, respectively. 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 155-183), 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. and Qatar reports, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. General; 2. Al Khalifah; 3. Education; 4. Agriculture; 5. Municipalities; 6. Water Conservation; 7. Public Works; 8. Electricity Department; 9. Automatic Telephones; 10. Pearling; 11. Bahrain Fisheries; 12. Sale of Landed Property to Foreigners; 13. Deportation of Undesirables; 14. Currency; 15. Customs; 16. Food Control; 17. Shipping; 18. Post Office; 19. Administration of Justice; 20. Police; 21. Economic; 22. Medical; 23. Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited; 24. Cable and Wireless Limited; 25. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 26. Royal Navy; 27. Unites States Navy; 28. United States Consul, Dhahran; 29. Visitors; 30. Items of Interest; 31. Weather. 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.
Folios 184-85 are internal office notes.
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- 1 file (184 folios)
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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 inside back cover with 186; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-152; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949'
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- front, front-i, 2r:17v, 91r:95v, 98r:103v, 105r:122v, 140r:141v, 153r:185v, 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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