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'File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident' [121r] (252/492)
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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Highfiy©r a &t Strlk,
26 til. April, 1911.
No.87/1462.XXII.
Bo pleased to JLay before His Excolisncy tlie Viceroy
and Governor General of India ia Council t'n© followiag
remarks on tho general sittsation on tlio Crucial Coast
of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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Bm Reports from the sfaiiis and boats stationed on
that coast shei* that everything is quiet thore, una as
far ae can be seen the Dibai incident has not had the
effect of inflaaiag the Arab against tho European as
stated in some of the Indian newspapers* It is quite true
that the Hheikh of Dibai is still trying to prevent any
Europeans from settling in hie town, and in this ho is
probably encouraged by the owners of the pearl dhows, who
fear investigation into their method of dealing with
the divers, most of whoa are said to be si«ves. It is
however more bluff th«n anything else, and if the question
were taken in hand seriously, I feel sure that a settlement
could be arrived at without sore bloodshed.
3. I would suggest that the best way of bringing this
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about would be to proceed with the erection of the
Wireless telegraphy Station, the site for which was
She Secretary to the
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i GcveniEiont of India,
in 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).
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- 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.
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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