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'Bushire Residency File 14/163 I, Ajman affairs, 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921' [‎233r] (496/534)

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The record is made up of 2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios). It was created in 26 Oct 1910-27 Aug 1921. 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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freed by us will be safe. The tearing up of this certificate
was thus the first of the present offences coraraitted by the i
Shaikh,
4, As I wished to hear what the Shaikh had to say about
the natter I went to Ajman, in n.I.M.S, ,, Lawrence ,, which was
flying the Jiesident's flag. Shaikh Humaid however did not
visit the ship although I waited for sometime and the ship
went quite close in shore at higji water, and as^iad not much
time Z left without seeing him. It is a rule well-known to
all the Shaikhs of the Trucial ooast, and a custom which has
been in force for very many years that whenever the "Lawrence 11
or one of H.H. Ships flying the Hesident's Flag anchors off
a Trucial ooast port the shaikh has to go off at once to the
ship. Shaikh Humaid^ failure to visit the "Lawrence" was
thus his second offence,
June 1980 tihu- uuaut Jhaikh Humaid became involved
in trouble with one Abdur Hahman of Hairah, the next tort to
the South of Ajman, In fact on the night of the 15th June
1980 when Shaikh Humaid and most of his men were out
Abdur Hahman and some others seized the Ajman ^ort and the
Shaikh could not dislodge him. After a time Shaikh Humaid
asked 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 at shargah to come and mediate.
Khan Sahib Isa bin Abdul Latif accordingly went to Ajman and
managed to get Abdur Hahman to evacuate the Fort on a safe
conduct.
6. Abdur Kahraan in Indebted to the extent of over ks.
80,000/- to urltiah Uubjeots, and the only hope of recovering
this money is that he should be able to ply his business of
pearling. At first he went to Bahrain but oould not make a
livelihood there being regarded as an interloper, and so he
was allowed to oome back to his village in order to be able
to make enough to satisfy his creditors with annual instal
ments in repayment of their claims.
7. The iJhaikh of A ,Jman and the ahaikh of Shargah who
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Correspondence concerning Ajman affairs. The Correspondence describes the Sheikh of Ajman having rejected the present from 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and a public refusal to receive letters 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; his alleged participation with the Bin Luta family in intrigues which led to a warning from the Shaikh of Umm al-Qawain that 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's life was in danger. Correspondence also discusses British ships destroying two towers of the Sheikh of Ajman as punishment.

The file includes the geneaology of the Bin Lutas (ff, 73 - 74). Correspondents include 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, Sharjah; 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Sheikh Butti bin Soheil, Chief of Dubai.

The second volume recounts an incident in which the son of Mohammed bin Abdur Rahman occupied the fort of the Shaikh of Ajman. Correspondents include Ronald Evelyn Wingate, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; 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, Sharjah; Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad, Chief of Sharjah.

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2 volumes (volume I 125 folios, volume II 249 folios)
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The file is arranged in two volumes.

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Foliation: The file comprises of two volumes, with the foliation sequence running continuously across both volumes, with folios 1-125A being located in volume 1 and folios 126-249 in Volume 2. The foliation consists of small pencil numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. There is also a pagination sequence which also runs across both volumes, it comprises of large pencil numbers located in the top left and top right hand corners of the pages respectively,

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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