'Arabic Book No. 4' [‎19v] (46/306)

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This file includes a partially bound ledger book (ff. 2-138) containing drafts of letters sent by the Khān Bahādur bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān, 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 on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah, in 1907 and 1908. The ledger book includes drafts of letters mainly sent 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. , but also other members of 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. staff, as well as the Political Agents at Muscat and Bahrain and native agents Non-British agents affiliated with the British Government. at Lingah and Bandar ‘Abbās. These draft letters include enclosures which are generally copies of letters to or from Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. rulers and other notable personalities, including merchants and British protected subjects, as well as copies of reports, translated correspondence and other documents. The correspondence is generally concerned with commercial and consular matters, as well as relations between British and the rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhs, including Zāyid bin Khalīfah Āl Nahyān, ruler of Abu Dhabi; Buṭṭī bin Suhayl Āl Maktūm, ruler of Dubai; Ṣaqr bin Khālid Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , ruler of Sharjah; Rāshid bin Aḥmad Āl Mu‘allā, ruler of Umm al-Qaywayn; ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Ḥumayd Āl Nu‘aymī, ruler of Ajman; Khālid bin Aḥmad Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , ruler of Dibba; and Sa‘id bin Ḥamad Āl Qāsimī One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. , ruler of Kalba. Subjects covered include claims and petitions of merchants and British Indian subjects ( banyans ), trade, slavery cases, pearling issues maintaining the maritime peace, arms importation and smuggling, and intelligence gathering, as well as administrative matters concerning the Sharjah agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . Folio 100v includes a small labelled sketched diagram of a baqqālah boat. Also included in the file are additional loose letters in Arabic (ff. 140-148) from the years 1920 and 1921 from 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to the ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, and a telegraph in Arabic and transliterated Arabic in Latin script (f. 139).

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1 file (154 folios)

Physical characteristics

Foliation: There is one foliation sequence which appears in pencil, circled on the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of the page, running from the front to the back cover of the file. Foliation anomalies: 5A, 5B and 12A-12C.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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