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'File 0190 Trucial Coast News Diary' [147r] (293/408)
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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(ii) On the 11th Shaikh ashid hin Hinraid# retu ned
frori! I3uraini to A ;'mn after hecorninf reconciled vith
S ailh Saqr Sultan of the Kai’m, through the mediation
of Shaikh Siilaiman hin Iiir;:yar of Jshal al Akhdhar who vent
vit 1 him for this pi;rpcse.
(iii) During the period under report the Shaikhs of
Dubai, AJran, 5\ijairah and Muharrad bin Ali, the Chief of
Beni Qitab went to Has al Khairah and net the Shaikh of
Has al Khaimah• A blood fued involving Has al Khaimah and the
Beni Qitab vas settled.
^4. Local Affairs.
(i) During the period under eport there has been
locust breeding in Burairi, Abu Dhabi and Dubai desert. The
Pakistan Government Anti-Locust party are taking measures
to combat this pest. Locusts *re eaten by the local people
and by the bddouin.
(ii) Two women were kidnapped at the veils in Shar t iah
by a gang of bedouin ro bers and taken to Bur&irri. A
pu suit party consisting of 50 men vas immediately despatched
in three cars. They succeeded in restoring the two kidnapped
vorsn who were brought back to Shariah.
?-5. V.eather sport.
Rainfall
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89 °? on
5? °P cn
74 % at
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0.10 inches
at l 9 00 hoi^rs (local)
at 0400 * "
on 17-3-49
on 15-3-49
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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Sharjah.
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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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- 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
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- Open Government Licence