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'File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident' [28r] (62/492)
The record is made up of 1 volume (238 folios). It was created in 25 Dec 1910-7 Aug 1912. 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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Telegram P
Prom Foreign to Resident.
No S 3. dated 2 received 3 .1.11.
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Your telegram dated 3©th iJecember, 191®.
Government of India, are not satiafied with the situa-
-tion that has arisen at Debai. From your telegram quoted b
above they gather that the search of houses took place
without the Sheikh being present. If this was the case tha
action of the Commander was likely to provoke reprisals
and was hardly prudent. Some of the conditions imposed
on the Sheikh they consider onerous , such as the fine of
5i,000
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, and they consider that they should have been
consulted first,, The idea of installing a British Agent by
bombardment and the employment of a force of 100® men does
not meet with their approval, since it might be come
impossible to remove them without endangering the Agento
Government of India consider that until such cordial relat-
-ions are restored as would justify the location of an
Agent, anjzt occasional visit by the Vice Consul from Lingah
in one of His Majesty's ships would suffice. The object
originally in view was hardly worth the risk and the
situation that has been created on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
may be
fraught with dangerous developments. The situation in any
. case requires careful handling lest other Sheikhs should
combine with Sheikh of Debai and it is very desirable that
the
there should be the least possible delay in/restorAihjon
of amicable relations. Government of India think that, if
it has not already been done , it should be clearly exDlai*
-nad to the Arabs at Debai and elsewhere, that there is no
intention on the part of Government to weaken their indep-
-endence or prevent their own possession of arms, Governmen
-ts sole object is to prevent the export of arms to Persia
in which course they are acting at the request of the
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This file contains reports and correspondence relating to an attack on British soldiers by Arab inhabitants of Dubai. The reports and correspondence are mainly between Lieutenant-Colonel 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and His British Majesty's Consul General), The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department at Calcutta and Sheikh Butti-bin-Soheil (Chief of Dubai) and discuss the reparation terms demanded by the British.
The file includes a naval report of the landing at Dubai by armed British soldiers and seamen led by Major Heriot of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, dated 25 December 1910, together with two pencil sketch maps of Dubai drawn from memory, showing buildings, the shore line, military positions and direction of fire during the attack, dated 26 December 1910 (folios 18-25).
The file also includes several letters in Arabic, mainly from Sheikh Butti of Dubai to Colonel Cox, together with English translations. Among them is a witness statement containing an account of the incident, together with the signatures and seals of 83 principal residents of Dubai attesting to its veracity, dated 5 January 1911 (folio 60).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There is a rough handwritten subject index on the inside of the front cover.
- Physical characteristics
There are two different foliation sequences in the file.
Original foliation sequence: every folio in the file, except two folios at the start and end of the file, have been numbered sequentially in the top right hand corner, starting at the front of the file. Folios 1 to 115 are numbered in pencil, folios 116 to 197 in red crayon and folios 198 to 241 in blue crayon.
Second foliation sequence: every folio in the file has been numbered sequentially in pencil, in the top right hand corner, starting at the front of the file.
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- 'File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:12v, 13v:34v, 36r:38v, 38av, 38bv, 39r:53v, 54v:66v, 68r:73r, 74v:83v, 84v:93v, 95v:107v, 108v:139v, 140v:164v, 166v:170v, 171v, 172v:178v, 179v:182v, 183v, 184v:194v, 196r:216v, 218r:238v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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