'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎80r] (159/408)

movtja'ble parts and damaged the body* So far the Shaikh
of Sharjah has taken no action against the culprits*
(lii) The news of the assasination of MAHATHa.
GHAIjDI was received with grief by the Hindu Community in
Dubai who closed their shops for three days* The Shaikh
of Sharjah sent u telegrcur to Pandit Heltru conveying his
the
condolences on the death. of^Mahatm* The Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. flag was
fowu at halfmast.
r \iv) During the period under report four robbers
raided Abu Baqara on the Batinah Coast and stole 40 cows
\ vhich they took to Suratmi * About 20 men from Abu Baqara
went to Duraimi and approached Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan of
the kal ’m to c.soist them in recovering the stolen cows.
He did nothing for them. They returned without achieving
anything, although they saw with their own eyes their cows*
being sold in Bu^aizai*
(v) Hilal Hexsusi f anotorious robber, attacked a
caravan belonging to the Bidah tribe when it was leaving
Dhank for Auhi (in Muscat territory)* The robbers killed
one of the Bi&hh and stole four c me1s and some dates. It
is reported that Saif bin ’Amir, Chief of the Beni Ali
tribe of Yangul (Moecat)* has pursued the robbers.
(vi) Reference para: 6 (ii) of Hew® Report No* 1
of 1948.
The Shaikh of Dubai has imprisoned the brother
of the culprit until the stolen rifle and ammunition are
recovered. The incident took place in Sharjah territory
end not in Dubai as mentioned in the last New^s Report.
15. Weather Report.
Highest maximum
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Lowest minimum
52
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Highest humidity
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Political Officer,
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
Sharjah.