'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎18r] (35/408)

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Confidential
Trooial Coast News deport No.8 for the period from 9th to
25rd April, 1947, - - --
54. ^,0 < A>C <
(i) Nil.
55. ■SHIPPINC.
(i) On the 14th B.S.Bamora arrivod at Dubai from
Bahrain. She discharged 1 package, left for Sharjah and,
having discharged 4 packages, left for Charbar the same day.
(ii) On the 15th S.S.Ozarda arrived at Dubai fron
Karachi, discharged 5847 packages and left for Ku ,T ait on the
16th.
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56. HRTTTSH P^^RKSTS .
(i) Heferenoe para.48(iv)of News Report No.7 of 47
On the 14th ID*.B.L.?*ehra left for Karachi by
S.S.Bamora.
57. rornmn's of govkrf^it officials .
(i) Reference para.49(i)of NerfS Report No.7/1947.
On the 9th the Political Officer, Truoial Coast,
arrived at Sharjah from Bahrain. ...
(ii) On the 15th Nr.C.J.Pelly,O.B.E., I.C.S.,
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, arrived at Sharjah by launch from *
Bahrain. He called on the Shaikh of Sharjah in the afternoon.
On the 16th he called on Shaikh Rashid bin Said in Dubai in
the morning, inspected the C-overnment Dispensary, and in the
afternoon called on the Shaikhs of A,1man and TTmn al Qaiwain.
He presented to the latter a pistol and a gold watch. He was
invited to dinner by the Shaikh of Sharjah. On the 17th,
accompanied by 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. , and 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, he sailed by launch for Rns al Khaimh
reaching there the same day. The Shaikh of Has al Khaimh
called on him on board and entertained him to dinner in the
evening. On the 18th, he called on Shaikh ^aid bin Maktum,
O.B.H , Ruler of Dubai, on his launch vrhich^anchored in the
Ras al Khairaah creek. He visited Khatt later that morning
and left Ras al Khaimah in the afternoon. A strong northerly
gale compelled 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. to put into TTnm al Qatwain
creek for shelter and to remain there the next day. He ms
entertained to lunch by the Shaikh of TJim al Oaiwain on the
l f ^th and left for Dubai on the 20th. Owing to uncertain
weather conditions, 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. remained in Sharjah
that day and left for Bahrain on the 21st.
58. rOKIffKTKPS OP TRTTCIAL COAST SHAIKHS.
(i) On the 10th Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.B.' 1 .,
Ruler of Dubai, arrived at Ras al Khaimah from Qishm Island.
The same day his son Shaikh Rashid reached Dubai from Rishm.
(il) On the 11th Shaikh Muhammad bin Rahma bin
Salmin, Chief of the Al Bu Shamis bedouin, arrived at Sharjah
from Buraimi via the Batinah. He met Shaikh Rashid bin Said
of Dubai at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
59, LOCAL AFFAIRS . v
(i) Reference para.51(iii)of News Report No.7/1947
The Shaikh of TImn al Raiwaln eonfteiod to 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 that the object of the Shaikh of Sharjah’s
visit to him ms to profess his sincere friendship.