'File 8/8 VIII Annual Administration Report for the Year 1949' [182r] (363/372)
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accompanied by Shaikh Hazza of Abu Dhabi, visited Sila
and there found the Americans encamped under the protection
of a Saudi Amir Haiyif and some armed Saudi guards.
On 23rd April, an unfortunate incident took place in which
the Saudis disarmed two
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
guards and detained the
Political Officer for some hours. When the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
rifles were eventually restored, the Political Officer
and Shaikh Hazza returned to Abu Dhabi and thence to
Bahrain and reported what had occurred to the Political
Agent. This matter, together with the general question
of the Saudi - Abu Dhabi boundary was taken up with the
Saudis at governmental level. All Saudis and Aramco per
sonnel had been withdrawn from the area by the end of
April.
The Ruler of Abu Dhabi, anxious to grant a sea-bed
concession to.Superior Oil Company, has informed the
Petroleum Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Limited, that he
considers their existing concession covers the land only,
a condition with which the British Company cannot agree.
Although he has been called to arbitration under the
terms of his concession, he has so far failed to nominate
an arbitrator. Partly on account of the bad relations
between himself and the Petroleum Development (Trucial
Coast) Ltd., and partly through suspicion of Dubai, Shaikh
Shakhbut tried in October to prevent the entry of Dubai
dhows, chartered by the Company, into Khor Ghanadha.
The Political Officer having informed him that the
Petroleum Development (
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
) Ltd. were entitled
under the terms of their concession to employ such craft,
he withdrew his objection, but later tried to impose
a tax upon them.
In June, the Ruler received a loan of four
lakhs
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
from P.C.L. much of this sum is believed to
have been spent on consolidating his position in Buraimi.
(d) Ras al Khalmah.
The weakness and poverty of the ruling family
and possibly the intrigue at long range by Sultan bin Salim
have been at the root of a number of distimbances in Ras
al Khaimah in 1949.
In April Sal 1 6. al Badi of the Bidah tribe, assisted
by the Shaikh of Rams rose against Ras al Khaimah. Shaikh
Saqr bin Muhammad, against the advice of his father and
brothers arrested him and put out one of his eyes with
a hot iron, a futile action which only served further to
aggravate the situation and as a result of which tie Shihuh
tribe also rose against him. Eventually, the Ruler of
Dubai, who owns valuable properties in Ras al Khaimah, ar
ranged a settlement between all parties.
A further but minor dispute arose in October
between Ras al Khaimah and the Shaikh of Jazirat az-2a*ab
and again, with Bakha.
In November, a section of the Khawatir tribe under
Ali bin Obaid kidnapped two Ras al Khaimah women as a means
of trying to extort money from the Ruler. The lion’s
share of the annual payment made by the Shaikh to the
Khawatir appears to have been made to the other section
under Saif bin Ali. A settlement was eventually made
through the mediation of the Ruler of Umm al Qaiwain.
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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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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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- '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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