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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [‎107r] (213/408)

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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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Sultan also gave cash presents to his relatives and 1 followers*
On the 3rd July Shaikh Said left for Bakha where he got
married to the daughter of the Shaikh of Bakha, He returned
to Dubai on the 8 th.
86 . LOCAL AFFAIRS.
(i) On the 4th July Shaikh Humaid bin Abdullah,
nephew of the Regent of KaIba, with a force of 40 armed men
and with the help of the Secretary of the Shaikh of Fujairah
entered Khor Fakkan and re-established his authority over it.
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, the Regent, went to Khor Fakkan
shortly afterwards and both of them are now there. One man
was killed and three others wounded. All bin Abdullah, Chief
of Naqbiyeen tribe, escaped to Sharjah as he was in his villag
Luliyah when Humaid took over Khor Fakkan, and Ahmad bin Hasan
tne head notable of Khor Fakkan, who was slightly injured,
also came to Sharjah. The nephew of the Regent extorted about
Bs. 13, 400/- from some of the inhabitants of khor Fakkan
and is reported to be buying arms and ammunition with this
money.
(1i) Reference para: 79 (iii) of News Report No. 11 of
1948.
Sayid Ahmad bin Ibrahim held his conferences with the
Burairai and Dhahirah chiefs in Buraimi and asked for their
consent to the opening up of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el Jizzi for motor
traffic. It is reported that the chiefs deferred giving
their consent to his proposal until they have had a chance to
meet the Sultan at Sohar after the ’Id, and that until then /
no cars will be allowed to use this road. One of the
conditions imposed by the chiefs is that the subjects of each
Shaikh are to be employed for repairing the road in .question
in their respective areas.. On the 7th July Sayid Ahmad bin
Ibrahim and his party arrived at Mahdhah of the Beni Xa*ab and
left for Muscat via Sohar in the evening, having been suitably
entertained by Obaid bin Juma^h. On the 8 th July Obaid
bin Juma 1 ah, Chief of Beni Ka'ab tribe, left for Muscat.

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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:

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)
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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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