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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [90r] (179/408)
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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CONFIDENTIAL.
■p ., o>i^ oas ^ News Report No,6 for the period
from the ^4th March to the 8th April, 1948.
36. B.O.A.C.
Nil.
37. Shipping.
(i) On the 1st April S.S. Barjora arrived at
Sharjah from Muscat, discharged 986 packages, left for
Dubai and, after discharging 1688 packages, left for
Bahrain the same day.
(ii) On the 6th S.S. Bamora arrived at Dubai
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from Bahrain, discharged 13 packages, ieft for Sharjah
and, after discharging 99 packages, left for Bandar Abbas
the same day.
38. British Interests,
(i) Reference para:32 (i) of News Report No.6
of 1948.
During the period under report Mr. E.Innes
Pocock returned from Bahrain to Abu Musa. He arrived at
Dubai on the 4th and left for Abu Musa on the 6th.
(ii) On the 1st April Mr. Neville, GeojDysical
Party Chief, arrived at Sharjah by air. On the 27th March
P.C.L 1 s motor yacht 'NASR* arrived at Dubai from Qatar
with Captain Holdon of the Company’s Marine Department.
Captain Holden has been surveying the Dubai creek and the
coastal line up to Bandar Hisyan to select a point for
unloading the Company’s heavy equipment. A land survey
is also being carried out for the same purpose. The Umm
al Qaiwain creek was also examined.
(iii) Reference para: 32 (iv) of News Report No.5
of 1948.
Mr. Wilfred Thesiger left Abu Dhabi for Buraimi
on the 1st April, by camel. He is not now proceeding to
Muscat as originally planned.
(iv) On the 7th Squadron-Leader Codrai, an
Arabic student, arrived at Sharjah by R.A.F. aircraft
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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:
- 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