'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [94r] (187/408)
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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the Abu Dhabi - Dubai dispute•
49. Local Affairs.
(i) The Shaikh of Sharjah has recently paid
Rs. 2000/-/- to Shaikh Rahmah bin Abdur Rahman of Hirah
in return for the latter’s undertaking not to harm
Sharjah’s interests, or to commit any hostile act, directly
or indirectly, against Sharjah and not to obstruct the
Oil Company’s activities.
(ii) It is reported that Sayid Ahmad bin Ibrahim,
Minister for Internal Affairs, Muscat has written to the
Shaikh of Ajman asking him to withdraw from Masfut which
belongs to Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan of the Nai’m as he is
a subject of the Sultan of Muscat. The Shaikh of Ajman
has not yet sent a reply to Sayid Ahmad bin Ibrahim; but
he visited Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Regent of Kalba, and
asked him to inform him of the past history of Masfut.
(iii) On the 20th news was received that a newly-
built launch belonging to ^arshad Usaimi, a Kuwaiti
merchant of Dubai, had been seized by Persian naval patrols
and taken with its cargo of tobacco, charcoal and livestock
to Lingah. Marshad went to Lingah and Bandar Abbas and it
is reported that he has succeeded in getting the launch and
the cargo released except for a part of the cargo that was
not shown on the manifest.
(v) Reference para:34 of News Report No.5 of 1948.
The Persian of Abu Dhabi failed to pay the
amount to the Shaikh and the sale was cancelled. Shaikh
Shakhbut later sold the right to remove the accumulations of
bird droppings from his islands to one Abdullah as-Sani, a
Kuwaiti, for Rs. 2000/-/- who purchased it on behalf of the
al Ghanim Brothers and Khan Behadur Abdur Razzaq of Kuwait.
To his principals he alleged that he had paid Rs. 5000/-/-
for it.
50. Weather Report.
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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.
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- 1 file (202 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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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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- 'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary'
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- 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
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