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'ARAB COAST 14/194 Deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and Succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. 1924.' [‎76r] (156/418)

The record is made up of 1 volume (206 folios). It was created in 8 Nov 1924-5 Dec 1932. 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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PVOTy - The AX 98l(l0rn7 Arert, ^"harpnh
To - '^be Hor*'"hie t^e ^oUtioal Hoslderst, Gulf.
Wo,507 Dated 2Pt>i Decer^'oer 1^94. > j
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th refererco to ny report ?To.45 A , datorl Plat Novenher
1P?4, repnr>d]r)? settlo^o'rt of* Shaikh Khalld "hi"n Ahmad the e^-
Sha 1 kh of Sharp*ah a^l his "hrothe^s Rashld ard Abdullah w'th tho
Shaikh of Dehai and the transport fron Sha^f^h o^ their* p^oods
ard furniture.
T oejr to rerort that In aocOT»dartc9 with rerorts/^-he
Shaikh and Inhabitants O"^ Uehal had agreed to thel^ stay on thd,
condition that they should he on the sa^e footiny:: as evo^y
Individual oiti^or of OQha,1 ari that thev should not corrlt any
Intrip'uo aa lo' 0 ^ as they ^e^aln In Dehf.l.
the l^th Deoerbe-r l 00 ^- T T»3r»e1vei. a r *enor»t ^'ror 1 Debal
to the effect that Shaikh Klialld has written a let tor to Shaikh
Said hin "aktuir the Shaikh of Dq ^ i statins that he was pjoing
top-ether with his brother Abdullah, to Ras-ul-Khalrah, o^ some
necessary business there and that they will cone back a f, ter
Khalid bin Ahnad
having acoomnl 1 shed same. A^'ter that the Sh* 1v h namely/had left
Debr.1 iri company with his brother and had started o -0 camels for
the Island of Zefch.tJn their ar-nlval there as it is reported from
wh1 ch
the latter r>lace, a boat/had been hired hy thojr, "''hiTe at Debai
ffom^the people of Rams, had been wAltin* for them? they ^a^e
embanked o^ her and l6 p t the port for some unknown destination.
When they reached in front o^* Bokha they have ^een struck by a
heavy gale and ^ain in consequence of wh^ch they ^ad rone to a
vl 11ag-e named Shaam w>>ere the said Shaikh and the narty ^ad
■ been landed and the boat had na le r on Rans to tafce s....ex •. er
arainst the rale. " r hen the. Chief of Rass had cone to know of this
he had prevented the boat to proceed on. hen voyare ?:n.h the mrty.
For this reason they left Shaam in another boao - days.
fv
the news of this, T understand the
Shaikh of that place has summoned all the notables o' Oebai a^a
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Correspondence relating to the deposition of Shaikh Saqar bin Khalid and succession of Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar as Shaikh of Sharjah. 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. brokered an agreement over this succession which included the place of residence for the former ruler and payments. Includes genealogical trees of the Qasimi family of Sharjah and the appeal of 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. to avoid succession through murder. Correspondents include Francis Beville Prideaux, 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. ; 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 Shaikh Sultan bin Saqar.

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1 volume (206 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The sequence consists of 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, the sequence runs from the front cover to the last folio.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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