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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [‎313r] (625/818)

The record is made up of 1 file (407 folios). It was created in 27 May 1929-8 Aug 1939. It was written in English. 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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account of the crowding of the people he could not per lit them
to land without having consulted his brother Shaikh Said bin
^4:aktum and the notables of the people. Thereupon the Commander
'\Jaid to Shaikh Juma that he would go to Has-tTl-Khaimah, the
Shaikh therefore landed from the aeroplane and the Commander took
K.S. Husain bin Hasan with him and flew to Ras-ul-Khaimah.
They reached Ras-ul-Khaimah at 8 C , clock(2.p.m) alighted
at the creek there, spent the night in my house and left for Mus
cat tlie next morning.
I have the honour to state that the non-agreement of the
people of .Debai to the landing of aeroplanes in the creeks of
Debai and their refusal to give a place for storing petrol are
all due to the attitude of the Ruler of Ras-ul-Khaimah. ^hese
individuals seeing that the british Government have not taken
notice of the refusal of the Ruler and citizens of Ras-ul-Khaimah
and nothing has since been done to them, all oppose by offering
refusal. In my humble opinion no sooner a thing is done to the
Shaikh of Ras-ul-Khaimah in regard to petrol all the other
Rulers ana citizens of the Crucial Coast will obey in everything.
Decision rests with you.
Ch the 10th march 1930 the aeroplane returned from Kuscat
to Ras-ul-Khaimah with Said bin Amir messenger of the Sultanas
Council of linisters who travelled in her to Khasab in connection
with the refusal of the Shaikh of Khasab to permit officers of
the man-of-war "Ormonde’* travelling to the mountains. The said

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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding British Government policy on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Specifically, this includes discussions concerning the possibility of appointing an Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. to the region, incorporating it into civil air routes and whether or not Britain should take more formal control of the area. The correspondence is primarily between officials at the Political 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. in Bushire, the External Affairs Department of the Government of India, the 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. , the Air Ministry and the Foreign Office.

In addition to correspondence, the file also contains the following:

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the front of the correspondence.

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1 file (407 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 409; these numbers are written in pencil 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 1-382; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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Coll 30/33 'Persian Gulf, Trucial Coast. Policy of H.M.G. List of Trucial Sheikhs' [‎313r] (625/818), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3747, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100057172201.0x00001a> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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