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'File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident' [132r] (274/492)
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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plained to them that the erection of the tide pole was only
1 oi' the pm pooe o-L correcting calculations on the Maritime Chart
ana that it >ja>j calculated ^o do them no harm• 1 gave them
ample a.ssurances and returned to Shargah from Ajman on the S3rd
June, when the man-of-war left the place without erecting the
tide pole. On the 26th June I received a letter dated 28th
Jemadi II from the Sheikh of Ajman which is forwarded herewith
for your information and which is to the effect that the man-
of-war visited them and landed jolly boats which erected two
tide poles, one on the mouth of Zawara on a premonitory and the
other below the Es Sanam tower and that they have flown flags
on the shore; that the inhabitants of Ajman do not agree to
this, as it is contrary to the arrangement made with the Gap-
tain and that I should send some one on my behalf to Ajman be
fore anything untoward takes place, xhe Sheikh of Shargah also
came to me with a letter received by him from the Sheikh of Aj
man in which the latter asked him to assist me to come to Aj
man, Meanwhile, I received the enclosed letter dated 28th
Jemadi II 1329, from Muhammad Jaafar, Interpreter of H .M .S.
"Pox" asking me to hasten to Ajman as he fearca that trouble
and inconvenience will arise. I proceeded to Ajman immediately
thereupon, and found a jolly boat of the man-of-war in tne in-
ner side of the Greek, with a Lieutenant and several men
on board. The Captain had returned to the man-of-war before
my arrival at Ajman. The Lieutenant informed me of the dis
cussion which had taken place between the Captain and the people
of Ajman in regard to the flying of the flags (stating)that the
people of Ajman evinced ill-feelings and that he (the Lieute
nant) was staying in the Creek to look after the flcvgs. I tola
the Lieutenant to go to the man -of-war, and inform the Captain
of my arrival at Ajman stating that I will guara the ilags
against removal. The Lieutenant went away and I called on the
Sheikh of Ajman in his Government House and saw that he was sur
rounded by all the townspeople who were armed and "ho stated
thfet
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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)
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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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- '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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