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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [135r] (269/408)
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.
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
Lews Report No. 24 for the period from
the 24th December 1948 to the 8 th January 1949.
165. B.O.A.C.
Nil.
166. SHI PI INC.
(i) On the 27th December s.s. Herdis arrived
at Dubai from Aden and, ha'/ing discharged 1140 packages,
left for Kuwait on the 28th.
(ii) On the 8 th January s.s. Bamora arrived at
Dubai from Bahrain, discharged 3901 packages, left for
Sharjah on the 10th and, having discharged 985 packages,
left for Bandar Abbas the same day.
167. BRITISH INTERESTS.
«
(i) Reference para:16Q (iv) of News Report
No.23 of 1948.
On the 5th January Mr. R.E.R. Bird arrived
at Sharjah from Bahrain. His assistant, Mr. E. F. Henderson,
and Mr. Fallon, the Compa ny’s topographical surveyor, also
arrived.
(ii) On the 6 th January a P.C.L. aircraft
arrived at Sharjah with the following geologists
Messrs. Wellings, Lehner, Ion, R.V. Browne and Wetzel. On
the 7th they carried out a reconnaisance flight over Oman
and, after landing at Masirah for refuelling, returned to
Sharjah the same day. On the 8 th Mr. Wellings left Sharjah
end on the 10th the remaining geologists left for Muscat
by road.
On the 6 th thfc Company's M/V JASURA arrived at
Umm al ^aiwain and, after landing stores and equipment, left
for Basrah vis Abu Musa on the 10th.
On the 8 th a Lebanese doctor for the Company
arrived by Company aircraft. His name is Dr. George Asaad
Ghanim.
168. MOVEMFiN 1 S OF TR~TI£L COAoT SHAIKHS.
(i) Reference para:155 (vi) of News Report
No. 22 of 1948.
On the 4th January the Shaikh of Fujairah
returned from Muscat to Fujairah.
(ii) Reference para: 155 (i) of News Report
No. 22 of 1948.
On the 8 th Shaikh Obaid bin luma’h bin Maktum
arrived at Dubai from Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. It is
reported that he presented a number of female slaves to King
Ibn Saud and his sons who presented him with a car (which he
sold in Bahrain) and a sura of money said to be 10,000 Saudi
Riyals. It is further reported that when he arrived in
Riyadh, he found that King Ibn Saud had already left for
Mecca. He sent him a telegraphic message saying that he
wanted to see him personally. Ibn Saud ordered that he should
be sent by air which was done.
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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.
- 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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- 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
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