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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [36r] (71/408)
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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Shalkh Said bin Maktum and his son Shaikh Rashid
oi Dubai purchased several date gardens in Has al Khaimah on
the improvement of which they are spending a lot of money.
Shaikh Rashid spends most of his time in Has al Khaimah,
looking after these gardens. He contemplates buying more date
gardens in Auhi, Batinah, and sent his brother and other
relatives to have a look at the gardens.
(vii) Reference para 83 (v) of News Report
No. 12 of 1947.
It is now confirmed that the importation of pearls
into India has been banned. The
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Shaikhs as well
as the peojle are greatly worried over this matter and ^ 0 P e
that the Government will take up the matter with the Indian
authorities for a reconsideration of their decision.
(viii) Ali bin Obaid bin Miftah al Khatiri,
Chief of the Khawatir tribe of Has al Khaimah, ran amuck*
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 complained to him that
the Jawasimi Shaikhs have encroached upon his territory, that
Dhald is his property and that Shaikh Rashid bin Said of Dubai
has established an air base in Has al Khaimah on a ground
which belongs to him. He requested 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 to
obtain redress for him. He then went to the Shaikh of Sharjah,
and in the presence of Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Ruler of Ras
al Khaimah, who happened to be visiting the Shaikh of Sharjah
at that moment, represented his case to him and started drawing
their respective boundaries with his stick on the ground. He
then asked them to provide him with a car to take him to Dhaid
and when they told him that they could not do so, he ran as
fast as he could and on reaching end of the Sharjah creek found
a donkey belonging to the Shaikh of Sharjah’s son. He mounted
the’donkey and headed for Dhaid. On arrival at Dhaid he went
straight to Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah’s house, drove the
occupants out of the houses,and started firing in every direction
until his ammunition finished. He then left the house and went
towards Shaikh Khalid’s fort,enquiring why no body retaliated.
Later his sons took away his rifle and kept him in chains.
92. Weather Report
Highest maximum
Lowest minimum
Highest humidity
Average "
»* m
Rainfall
11 ? f
on
74°f
on
98%
on
65%
at
59%
at
Nil
3.7.47
24.S.47
1.7.47
1200 G.M.T.
0400 G.M.T.
Residenc//gent, Sharjah.
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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)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
- Physical characteristics
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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- IOR/R/15/4/15
- Title
- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:53v, 54v:203v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence