'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [176r] (364/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. 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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tnn'nf " r'' -''l LO misjudged his height and struck the
ri-,Li^i shlp ' s mas ts, carrying it away, and
ipr.r.fqnn 1 r^ -i t' and rudder of his aircraft. After
on the S? 1 the 'Pia 116 made a belly landing
to « T 6 crew were ^Injured and were taken
to Sharjah the same day by launch.
engines were undamaged but the 'plane was
tn fhr ■ > ar < i o ff ® r ed, with the dismantled engines, '
to the Shaikh of sharjah.
( xi ) P-S.A.T.G .
About 60 tons of wireless masts and other
wireless equipment from the U.S.A.T.C. establishment
a Sharjah were sold to the Arabian American Oil Company
by the U.S. Army authorities and shipped to Dhahran by
oil barge.
(xil) Local Affairs .
(a) In April of this year the Shaikh of Ras al
Khaimah built a fort at
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur to prevent highway-
robbers from invading the Batinah Coast through the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
al Qaur. The Muscat Government met the cost of building
the fort and are also paying for the maintenance of the
garrison consisting of eight men.
(b) After the Khor Ghanadhah incident relations
between the Shaikhs of Dubai and Abu Dhabi became strained.
When all the efforts of 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.
to induce the
Shaikh of Dubai to return some 150 camels, which he had
looted, to Abu Dhabi failed sanctions were imposed on him
by stopping all travel facilities to Dubai subjects and by
diverting one steamer to Sharjah. In the meanwhile the
Shaikh of Abu Dhabi had raised a force of 2,000 men under
the command of his brother Shaikh Hazza bin Sultan for
invading Dubai. 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.
who was then at
Sharjah prevented a clash by obtaining the agreement of
Dubai to pay compensation to Abu Dhabi. The Shaikh of Dubai
also agreed to return all the Abu Dhabi looted camels.
Although these demands were complied with,
negotiations for the restoration of friendly relations
between Shaikh Hazza and the Shaikh of Dubai broke down,
and the efforts of the various Trucial Shaikhs to mediate
in the dispute were all in vain. Both sides indulged in
numerous camel looting'incidents the shaikh of Dubai taking
the initiative in most cases. By the end of the year the
situation had quietened down.
(c) Another significant event on the Trucial
Coast during the year was the dispute between the Shaikh
of Ras al Khaimah and his brother and his nephews. In
August the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah garrisoned his fort
and strategic points in and around Ras al Khaimah stopping
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by 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 are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up 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. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
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- 1 volume (203 folios)
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There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
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