'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎6r] (11/408)

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K^aimah, arrived in Dubai, am returned to nas al tvhaimeh on tht
16 th.
(ii; on the 20th shaikh Muhammad bin s&qr, brother of
the uuler of sharJah, left for mdie by ship for medical
treatment.
1 5. Local Affairs .
(i; On the 10th January, shaikh mani 1 bin Kashid al-
ivaktum, diea of pneumonia in liira viallete ^shaijahj, followin^,
a short illness. The bazars in Dubai v.ere closed for 3 aays.
Shaikh fl-ani* is the cousin of the Shaikh of i/ubai, ana was a
prominent figure in local politics, he^a^expej-lec from Dubai
v.ith Lis relatives ana supporters afterj^oup etat in 1938.
He lived in Bahrain and Bombay before finally settlirja in.nira,
v.hcre he lived in exile until Lis death. After his expulsion
from Dubai he made several abortive act erupts to seize
Dubai and v.as joined in his last effort by the shaikh of sherjah
^ii; Reference para 7 ^ii; of hev^s Report ho.l of 1947.
A pursuit party sent by the Shaikh of Dubai did not
succeed in overtaking the raiders but encountered an Abu Dhabi
caravan carrying 13C M Jarabs“ UGO to 140 dds; of da ues on its
vvay from buraimi to Abu Dhabi. The caravan vvas attacked enc it
is reported that 6 men of the caravan v\ere killed, 90. jarabs
of dates were stolen, 4 slaves were kidnapped, and 62 camels
driven off.
(iii)
1946.
Reference para*172 (ii; of hews Report ho.23 of
Rums id bin Rashid bin Rmaden and his brother Abdul-
Aziz of the Ka’im tribe of buraimi arrived in Ras al Khaimeh
to mediate between the shaikh of Kas al Khaimah and his brother
it is reported that they have effected a truce for two months.
(iv; On the evening of the 20th at 10 p.m. a shot was
fired at the Political Officer, Xrucial coasts car as it was
approaching, the palm trees to the north of jumairah village
on the Abu Dhabi track. The shot passed through the left
front windscreen and out by the ri&ht sidewindow. The
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 was sitting on the right of 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. , who was driving. The 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. Agant*s
glasses were broken by ^lass splinters, and both the 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*s and the Political Officers faces were slightly cut
by splinters.
16. weather Reports
Righest Maximum *
81
OP
on
16.1.47
bowest Minimum
51
OP
on
18.1.47
Highest humidity
97
Jb
on
9.1.47
Average **
64
*
a t
1200 C.M«T.
II H
80
%
a t
0400 C.M.T.
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Political Officer, Trucial
coast, bharjah.