'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [15r] (29/408)
The record is made up of 1 file (202 folios). It was created in 24 Dec 1946-8 Feb 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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50/-
Confidential.
Tmcial Coast rev/s Report No.7 for the period fron S4th March
to Bth April, 1947.
46. B.O.A.C.
(i) During the period under report no B.O.A.C.
aircraft passed through.
47 . c TEIPPTNCr.
ifi) On the 24th March S.S.Bamora arrived at Sharjah
fron India. vShe divscharged 1865 packages and left the satoe
day for Bubai where she discharged 2406 paclmges and sailed
for Bahrain on the 25th.
48. BRITISH rMTNRESTS.
(i) On the 1st April, the whole magnetic survey
party working for Petroleum Development (Trueial Coast) Limited
with the exception of Brookes, Camp Superintendent, and
Mr.Kidd, Transport Officer, left for Bahrain and Basrah in an
aircraft chartered from Iraqi Airways.
(ii) On the 1st April, ^r.P.T.H.willians, Refuelling
Engineer, B.P.Aviation Service, Sharjah, left for Basrah
en route to the United Kingdom in an R.A.F.aircraft,
(iil) On the 8th April, MT.S.T.Eyers of the Imperial
Bank of Iran, arrived in Dubai fron Muscat by launch on his
way to Basrah.
(iv) On the Bth April, ^r.B.L.Mehra, Inspector,
Indian Posts & Telegraphs, arrived in Dubai from Muscat by
launch. He inspected the Dubai sub-Post Office and came to
Sharjah to examine the possibility of opening a sub-Post Office
in Sharjah. He visited 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 and the Shaikh
of Sharjah.
49. MOVUfFNTS OF GOyUPJRTypT OFFI CIALS.
(i) Reference para.41(i) of News Report No.6 of 1947.
On the 31st Naroh, ^he Political Officer, Trucial
Coast, returned from Oishn Island and left for Bahrain on the
1st April.
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The file contains confidential news reports from the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The reports were prepared by the Political Officer (in winter) 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 (in summer) and sent to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain. Each report covers a range of matters and is organised in short sections under a sub-heading. The latest news relating to the following is included:
- civil aviation;
- shipping;
- US and Royal Navies;
- movement of British officials and Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs;
- Royal Air Force;
- local affairs;
- anti-locust operations;
- red oxide extraction at Abu Musa and Sir Bu Nai'r Islands;
- weather.
The file also contains some correspondence between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain relating to Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. affairs.
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- 1 file (202 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 204; 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 2-191; 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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- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
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- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 54v:203v, 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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