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'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [145r] (320/534)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921. 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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Poom - The Residsncy Agent, Sfaargah
To - The Deputy
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.
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Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, Bushire
No.'506 dated 29th June 1920.
A. C. ' , X
With reference to my telegram No.473 dated 21st June 1920
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on the subject of the occurrence at Ajman, I beg to state the
circumstances under which the Hireh men entered the Shaikh's
house at Ajman. A Bedouin namsd Mobarak ben Sabt killed a
1«38 (Maroh-fipril 192») in the
Shargah territory. The latter mas a Fedawi of Shaikh Khaled bs
Ahmad. The murderer took rSfuge with Sh.. flomaid ben Abdul Aziz
Chief of Ajman. The murdered man's relatives went to the said
Shaikh and demanded Mobarak. Sh. Homaid refused to ttoijl
ffi obari:k continued to remain with thj( Shaikh."^ (Dn the night of
27th Ramazan 1338 (15-6-20) Mobarak took with himself Abdur
Rahman ben Muhammad, a Shaikh of the Bu—Shanyss, and some other
men inside the house of the Chief of Ajman* The door keeper
did not prevent them because he knew Mobarak.^ In the follow
ing morning Mobarak was kiiisixiy shot dead by th5< people" o^
Aj man. ^
On the same night Shaikh Khaled ben Ahmad sent his brother
Sh. Hashed and Abdollah to me three times requesting me to
xiiH proceed to Ajman to compose the affray. I made excuses
til srsj ah
proceed-ed there.
As he was approaching Ajman, he found tki* it impossible to
enter the town on account of the rifle shots. So he remained
outside.
The British subjects residing at Ajman, A1 ben butah and
Bunnias, and the Persian subjects, sent a message to me reque »
ing protection for their lives and property. 0 haikh Homaid wrot
>/72.
me a- letter dated 27th Ramazan by the hand of Haji Ahmad ben
Lutah, which I beg to forward hsrewith for your information,
requesting me to go thecrs because he saw his life endangered by
the Shargah men (who hai< taken the fort). i n addition to this
shaikh Whaled sent his brother, Abddllah, from Ajman to me
requesting me to 00 there.
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Correspondence concerning Ajman affairs. The Correspondence describes the Sheikh of Ajman having rejected the present from 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and a public refusal to receive 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; his alleged participation with the Bin Luta family in intrigues which led to a warning from the Shaikh of Umm al-Qawain that 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 life was in danger. Correspondence also discusses British ships destroying two towers of the Sheikh of Ajman as punishment.
The file includes the geneaology of the Bin Lutas (ff, 73 - 74). Correspondents include 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; P.Z. Cox, 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Sheikh Butti bin Soheil, Chief of Dubai.
The second volume recounts an incident in which the son of Mohammed bin Abdur Rahman occupied the fort of the Shaikh of Ajman. Correspondents include Ronald Evelyn Wingate, 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. , Muscat; 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; Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Chief of Sharjah.
- Extent and format
- 2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in two volumes.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file comprises of two volumes, with the foliation sequence running continuously across both volumes, with folios 1-125A being located in volume 1 and folios 126-249 in Volume 2. The foliation consists of small pencil numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There is also a pagination sequence which also runs across both volumes, it comprises of large pencil numbers located in the top left and top right hand corners of the pages respectively,
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- Title
- 'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921'
- Pages
- front-a, back-a, spine, edge, head, tail, front-a-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:9v, 10v, 11v, 12v:22v, 23v, 24v:31r, 32r:39r, 40v:47r, 48v:56v, 57v, 58v:75r, 76r:81v, 82v:87r, 88r:93v, 94v:98v, 99v:111v, 112v:124v, iii-r:iv-v, back-a-i, front-b, back-b, spine, edge, head, tail, front-b-i, v-r:vi-v, 126r:126v, 128r:136v, 138r:138v, 140r:140v, 144r:155r, 156r:157r, 158r:172r, 173r:177r, 178r:180r, 181r:214r, 215r, 216r:219r, 220r:227v, 228v:249v, vii-r:viii-v, back-b-i
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