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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [47r] (93/408)
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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A1 Riqaishi, Shaikh of Ibri, who had volunteered to arbitrate
in the question of the thieves who were imprisoned by the fomer
(as reported in para 59 (iv) of News Report No* 8 of 1947).
(ii) On the 3rd September, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim,
Ruler of Has al Khaimah, visited Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmaa, Recent
of Khlba, ana returned to Has al Khaimah.
130. LOCAL AFFAIRS *
(i) The Beni Ka^b tribesmen have recently risen
a^^ainst their Chief, Obaid bin Juma'h, trying unsuccessfully to
depose him and install the sons of Salim bin Myayn, a former
chiei of tlie ti*ibe. It is reported that they have been instigated
to do so by Shaikli Saqr bin SulUn, Chief of the Nai*m, who
hates ObaiA for the clandestine aio and encouragement he ^ave to
the Shaikh of Ajman in the matter of the seizure of Maefut
village by the latter. The sons of Salim bin Biyayn, however,
denied having had any designs against Obaici and the latter 1
consequently gave them amnesty. It may be noted that Obaia bin
Jums'h is the maternal uncle of Saqr.
(ii) A slave woman of Khan village, Sharjah, was
abducted by a Beni Qitab tribesman at the water wells in Sharjah
but was immediately released when the Shaikh^ guards emplo/ea
by the R.A.F. on the water wells opened fire and tried to
interfere. It is stated that the master of the slave tied sole
her to that bedouin ana instructed him to take her away when
she goes out to the water wells to feuch water. The slave has
now come to this
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
applying for manumission.
(iii) 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 recently received
reports that slaves are being secretly abducted in Dubai by a
gang led by Khalifah bin Majid, an influential relative of the
Shaikh of Dubai, and taken away to the desert where they are
removed to Hamasah of the Al Bu Shamis. 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
addressed the Shaikh of Dubai on the subject in strong terns
and called upon him to put a scop U> such an undesirable practice.
The Shaikh of Dubai, as usual, denied the existence of such a
practice but 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 exj^lained to him verbally that
/there
About this item
- Content
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.
- Extent and format
- 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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