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he met Shaikh Saqr bin Muhammad and his father. On his
way back to Sharjah he lunched with the Shaikh of Umm al
Qawain and returned the Shaikh of Ajman’s call. The Resident
left for Bahrain that evening.
(iii) On the 2nd March the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
accompanied by the Political Officer and 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
left for Kalba, Khor Fakkan and Fujairah. On thfe 6th the
Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. left Sharjah for Bahrain by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. launch.
27. British Interests.
(i) On the 1st March Captain R.E.R. Bird and
Mr. H.M. Jackson left for Buraimi via Abu Dhabi. The latter
returned to Dubai on the 3rd.
(ii) On the 3rd March Mr* Allah Dad> Inspector
of Post Offices from Karachi, arrived at Dubai from Karachi
for inspection of the Dubai Post Office.
(iii) On the 4th Mr. K.W. Judd of the British
Ministry of Works, Cairo, arrived at Sharjah from Bahrain
by air. He left for Bahrain on the 11th.
(iv) On the 4th Mr. Brooks, Superintendent of
Camps and Stores in the Geophysical Department of Petroleum .
Development (TrucialCoast) Limited arrived at Sharjah by air.
On the 8th Mr. Banta of the Seismic section, Mr. Grizzel,
Seismic Party Chief, and Mr. Holden of the Company’s Marine
Department arrived in Sharjah by air from Bahrain and left
for Bahrain on the 11th. Mr. Neville, geophysical party
chief, left for Tripoli on the 11th. The Petroleum Development
( Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited presented a Ford Saloon car to each
of the Shaikhs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and Umm al Qawain.
28. Local Affairs.
(i) Reference para: 22 (iv) of News Report
No. 3 of 1948.
the
The chief of/Al Driz has written to the Shaikh
of Fujairah saying that the Imam of Oman and Muhamm: d bin
Salim al Riqaishi, Shaikh of Ibri, are pressing him to repair
Al Ghub bi Falaj and trying to bring him under their control.
He requested the Shaikh of Fujairah to give him moral and
financial help.