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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [131r] (261/408)
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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Coiifidefitial
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
News Report No. 23 for the period from the
9th to the 23rd December 1948.
158. B.O.A.C*
Nil.
159. SHIPPING.
(i) On the 9th s.s. Barjora arrived at Dubai,
discharged 1937 packages, left for Sharjah on the 10th and,
having discharged 487 packages, left for Bandar Abbas the same day.
(ii) On the 20th s.s. UNI-E arrived at Dubai from
Muscat and, having disch rged 2200 packages, left for Bahrain on
the 21 st.
(iii) On the 21st s.s. Bamora arrived at Sharjah from
Muscat, discharged 229 packages, left for Dubai on the 22nd and,
having discharged 877 packages, left for Bahrain the same day.
160. BRITISH INTERESTS.
(i) On the 12th Mons. Be Metz, Managing Director of
the Compagne Francaise des Petroles and his two French Assistants,
Mr. E.F. Wellings, Chief Geologist, I.P.C., Mr. G.A. Gibson, Chief
Geophysicist, I.P.C., and Mr. G.Hezeldin, Deputy General Manager,
I.P.C., arrived at Sharjah by Company aircraft. On the 13th the
party, accompanied by Mr. P.D. Stobart, the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, carried out a reconnaissance flight over Buraimi
and Oman and returned to Sharjah the same day. The party left
Sharjah on the 14th.
(ii) On the 15th Colonel Bertram Thomas, O.B.E.,
Arab Adviser to Shell Group, arrived at Sharjah by air from Bahrain
and put up in the B.O.A.C. Fort. On the 16th, accompanied by the
Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, 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, he called
on Shaikh Rashid bin Said at Dubai. On the 17th Colonel Bertram
Thomas and the Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
, left for Abu Dhabi
by car and returned to Sharjah by launch on the 19th after calling
on Shaikh Shakhbut. Colonel Bertram Thomas called on the Shaikh
of Sharjah in the afternoon. On the 20th he, accompanied by th
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, went to Has al Khaimah and Umm al Qaiwain anr
called on their respective Shaikhs. On the 21st he called o
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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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- 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
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