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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎65r] (129/408)

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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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Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. # News Report# No» 1^3 for t»i‘e perioa
from the Sitli November to 8th December, 194:7•
161, B.O.A«C«
During tli.e period uiiuer report, one vestbouno
and one eafc^bound aircraft passed Jirouth,
162, aKIH i.NO.
On the 29th November S,S. Bamora arrived at
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bharjaii and, having discharged 6614 packages, left for Bandar
Abbas on the 30th.
163, BRITISH
(i) On the 29th Mr. W. Appleby of the British
General Post Office, accompanied by Khan bahib Abdul Hamid,
Superintendent, Civil Engineering, Post Office, Hyderabad,
landed in Sharjah from b.S. Bamora, inspected the Dubai Post
Office returned to the ship the same day.
(ii) On the 29th kr. H.b. ^alters of the British
Ministry of Works, Cairo, came ashore from S.S» bamora and
returned to the ship the same day.
(iii) On the 2nd December Field Marshal Sir Claude
Auchinleck pasted through Sharjah by air on his way to England,
The Political Officer, Truciar Coast, met him at the aerodrome.
(iv) On the 8th December Mr. E. Im.es Pocock
arrived at bharjah from Abu Musa with his family.
(v) Mr. Graham, Disposals Officer, arrived in
Sharjah on the 29th November to sell surplus Royal Air Force
stores.
164. i OVEMENTS OF U^VE^Mi^T.. 0mClALi^.
On the 29th Mr, G.N. «3ackson Political Ofiicei ,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , arrived in Sharjah by S.b. Bamora. He called
on Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, Ruler of Sharjah, on the 30th
November anu on the ShaiKhs of Ajman and Umm al <*aiwain on the
2nd December. He also called on the Shaikh of Has al Khaimah
on the 3rd ana visited Rams and She'am on the following aay.
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Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.B.E., who was away from Dubai, came
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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:

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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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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