'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎69r] (137/408)

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t,he Political Ot'iicer Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and t;r raid Mrs limes Pocock
who had goixe to Abu Musa from Sharjah specially to see the
Resident were unable to go aboard because the Wren anchored on the
wind ward side of the island while the only suitable boat had
been got ready on the leeward side(because there had been a
fresh east wind blowing all day) and could not be moved round
before the Wren left an hour ana half after her arrival.
173. MOyakbhTS OF Th T JCI/«L CO-AdT dhAlnhd.
(i) On the 13th Shaikh Muhammad bin Ahmad bin
Sulaiman of Bakha arrived at Dubai from Bokha by launch# 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 at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on uhe ibth and the
Political Officer ?i*ucial Coast on the 18th.
(ii) On the 18th Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad ash-
Sharqi oi Fujairah arrived at Ajman and called on 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. at the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. on the 30th.
(iii) Reference paras 133 (ii) of hews Report ho. 19
of 1947.
On the 16th Shaikh Khtlifah bin Sa^d, his sister
and followers, arrived an Dubai from Saudi Arabia after perform
ing the Hajj• King Ibn Saud ^ave him 3C,0C0 Saudi Riyals and a
saloon car as a present for himself and Ibn da^s wife presented
were
a saloon car to his sisuer. lu is reported that theyavery well
treated by Ibn saud during their stay in Saudi Arabia.
174. LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) The Iranian Government are reported to have
senu troops to uhe coastal areas of Soutii Persia to disarm the
inhabitant. It is also reported that political and other
prisoners are interned in Hormuz as well as in Qislim and Larch.
(ii) Dui’ing the period under report, a jollyboat
belonging to Htiji Alpliaiiiiaad uin Abdur Rahman Laruni, a native of
Umm ai Qaiwain, was seized by a Pers ^.an Patrol Launch oil Cnxx*u
and its cargo consisting of 30 chests of tea and 26 pieces of
cloth ana also 4000 tomans 10,000 Persian dinars, or a gold coin of that value. in cash was confiscated. The ^olly-
boat was then taken to Lingah but uhe gooas were removed to
Bandar Abbas. It is reported that the Persian officials who
seized the boat confiscated three false manifests which were in
the possession of the nakhuda. It is also reported that the