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‘File B/9 I (30/9-II) Residency Agent, Sharjah’s News Reports’ [‎16r] (31/840)

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The record is made up of 1 file (418 folios). It was created in 1 Jan 1935-18 Dec 1936. 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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.HEFTS
1. Sharjah. On 9th,February, theft occurred in the shop,of some
Persians residents of Sharjah from which cash and foodstuffs worth
hs. 200/- were taken away. The shop-keeper approached the Shaikh
and requested him to recover his belongings from the thieves;
whereupon the Shaikh made tne necessary investigations. Some
people on whom suspicion existed were imprisoned for a few days
but witnout any benefit. -The shop-keeper was thus disappointed.
2. On the night of 11th February the thieves tried to break into
another shop situated beside the previous shop. The guards of tne
market, however, felt them and fired at them. They ran away witn
no casualities.
4. TROUBLE AND QUARREL BETWEEN 2 MEN.
1. Ras-el-Khaimah. On 13tn, piarrel arose between two of Kas-el-
Khaimah bedouins at the mountains. One of them got a simple hurt
on his thigh by a knife and the other got serious wounds below nis
right armpit. The quarrel was due to a difference over tne
ownership of a goat which each of them claimed to be his own.
5. LOCUSTS.
Locusts are not to be seen.
6. SANITARY OONTITION OF THE TOWNS.
There is smallpox epeaimic at Dibai only, and there were four,
deaths.
7. SLAVE TRADE.
I have not heard anything of the existence of this trade.
6. AMS TRADE.
This trade does not exist on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. towns.
9. ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN WaRSHI'S AT THE TRUCIAL COAST A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
1. On 11th, a French warship arrived at 8.30 Arabic time. Three
officers disembarked in a motor-launch having amongst them a Somali
interpreter. The Shaikh went to the sea-shore on horseback, met
them and took them to the fort. They remained with tne Shaikh for
one and half an hour. They then visited the market ana returned
to the fort in order to bid the Shaikh gooo-rbye. They returnea(to
the ship; at II o T clock Arabic time.
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The file contains a series of bi-monthly news summaries about events in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , for the years 1935 and 1936, compiled by 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, Sharjah and sent to the 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. , Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire. The news summaries are also referred to in the correspondence as 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’s fortnightly diaries. They cover several topics including: air and sea traffic, kidnapping and raids by Bedouin, the diving and pearl trade, public health, theft and other crimes, relations between the ruling shaikhs, ceremonial visits and occasions in the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms. Particular attention is paid to the actions of the Trucial shaikhs with regard to the maintenance of law and order in their territories, such as the peaceful resolution of tribal conflicts, the protection of their subjects and the dispensation of justice.

There are also letters from 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, Sharjah to the 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. , Bahrain reporting cases of assault, murder and other incidents. The news summaries and letters from 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, Sharjah are in both Arabic and English.

In addition, there is protracted correspondence between the 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. , Bahrain and the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. about the protection of British Indian subjects from punishment according to Sharia Law, for an infringement of local laws in the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , by the creation of a Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , so that such offences would be prosecuted under Indian law by British authorities.

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1 file (418 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.

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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 420; 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. Additional foliation sequences are present in parallel between ff 2-383, and ff 385-418; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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