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'File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident' [131r] (272/492)
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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Oopy of a letter No.185, dated the 6th July 1911, 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, Shargah, to 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.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
I beg to state that the Captain of H.M.S."Fox ,, sent
the steam cutter on the 22nd June 1911 to Shargah inviting me
to go to him on the man-of-war which was at anchor off Ajman.
I went to him immediately by the launch and called on him.
He stated to me that he had asked the Sheikh of Ajman to come
on board with a view to having an interview with him, but that
the Chief had declined to do so, on the pretext of being in
disposed and busy, "e sent me therefore to bring the Sheikh
to the man-of-war.
As desired by the Captain, I went to the Sheikh of Ajman
and inquired from him as to why he did not accept the Captain's
invitation to call on him on board the man-of-war. The Sheikh
replied that he did not wish to have interviews with the Cap
tains of the men-of-war as he did not iinow them and did not un
derstand their habits and motives and was ai raid of them. At
length, I took the Sheikh with me to the man-of-war and the
Captain told him during the interview, that he wished to erect
a tido-pole In the Ajman Creek in order to jiiioiv oho a^ptn O j.
the sea during the high tide and the low tide. The Sheikh of
Ajman did not agree to the tide pole being erected stating,
firstly that the townspeople would be frightened by its erec
tion and secondly that the people of Hamriyeh who had ill-
blood with the people of Ajman, would probably come to the
creek at night time and remove the pole in v /hich case blame
will attach the Sheikh of Ajman. As the Captain tola me tnat
he will have, at any rate, to erect the tide pole m the Ajman
Greek for seven days, I assured the Shbikho aga' th^ mis
haps of which he was afraid in connection with the pole. he
Bhoito having a B r e8 d, I returned with him to AJn.an. On learn-
ing the Sheikh's assent to the erection of the pole, all the
Sfeeiiik inhabitants began rebuking the sheikh as to why he aid
not
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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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- Title
- '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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