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The record is made up of 1 volume (180 folios). It was created in 22 Dec 1904-30 Nov 1922. 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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Prom- Tho Resi'isncy A^ent^
To - The Deputy
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 Cul% Bushirp
Ho.757 dated 21st Norenber 1910.
A.C.
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I hare the honour to report that on HErd July 10in a
boat from Hafoon, the Nakhuda of which was a ^onali, cane to
Ras -ul-Khaimeh entered the creek and the Nakhuda landed the
chandals he had brought in the boat for sale, ^he crew
scattered in the town and in the date gardens of Ras-ul-
Khainah for the purpose of selling the goods they had
brought with themselves such as mattings, yellow dyes etc.
Two Honaii men of the boat went to a village called F.hut.
After selling their things they returned to Ras-ul -Khaimeh.
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On their w»^-back, near the village of Hayal, one of the
suburbs' of Ras-ul-Khaineh, they net with 3 Bedouins. The
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latter killed one of the Coraalis while the other man made
good his escape to that village. Ke then went to Ras-ul-
^haimeh aid informed the Makhuda of the 0 oat o^ what ha^,
happened to them on the way and the Nakhuda informed the
Shaikh of Ras -ul-^haimeh of the matter. The Sheikh at once
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collected 20 Bedouins he had with hin and sent tnem to the
place where the Gomali had been murdered. They enquired
about the murderers and learned that 2 Bedouins of Khawater
tribe had killed the Somali. They returned to the Shaikh an'?
informed him of the murderers.
The Shaikh of Ras-ul-^haimeh therefore gathered about
200 men and went to arrest the murderers. The news reached
the Bedouins of Khawater tri^o one of whom, named Ali ben
Saif, made away with the murderer and took refuge with the
Shaikh of Umm-ul-Qaiwain. The latter wrote a letter to the .
Shaikh of Ras-ul-Khaimeh stating that Ali ben Saif Al-K^teri
and his followers had become his dependents and that any
claims
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Correspondence discusses the following topics:
- Abdul Rahman bin Seif, the former chief of Himriyah, attacked Seif bin Seif, the rebel chief and expelled him from Himriyah. As a result the chief of the Beni Kalb made treaty with some other Sheikhs. Identification of a specimen of oxide from Sir Beni Yas and the reported visit of Germans to that island.
- Complaint made by the peopleof Batina, Bani Omar and others against Zayed Faisal's [Faisal bin Turki] highhanded actions in recovery of custom duty and fines from them.
- Blood feud between the Bu Shames tribe of Buraimi and Abu Dhabi.
- Shaikh of Ras al-Khaima's plan to proceed to Shaam by sea to coerce the people of that village in order to induce them to acknowledge him as their lawful Shaikh.
- A dispute between Hamdan bin Zaid [Shaikh] and Hamad al-Radhaheh, one of the notables of the Bedouins.
- Murder of a Somali by Bedouins of Khawala tribe near the village of Hayal resulting in a dispute between the chiefs of Umm al-Qawain [Qaywayn] and Ras al-Khaimah.
- Renewed quarrel between the Shaikh of Shargah [Sharjah] and the Headman of Khan.
- Sheikh of Dubai's intention to attack Shaikh of Ras al-Khaimah.
- Shaikh of Shargah asks permission to allow him to build a water reservoir on the Island of Sir Bu Dair for use by divers.
- The actions of the Saiyid Hamad bin Faisal in the village of Hajrim and the resulting fight between him and the Shaikh of Dubai and reoccupation of Hajrim by the latter.
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- 1 volume (180 folios)
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There is an index in the front of the volume which lists the principal topics within the file and gives folio references for them. There are file notes at the back of the volume explaining how the file is arranged.
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Foliation: Foliation is written in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the last folio of writing on number 180.
The following foliation anomalies occur: 1, 1A, 74, 74A, 80, 80A, 84, 84A, 88, 88A, 94, 94A, 96, 96A, 100, 100A, 103, 103A, 106, 106A, 107, 107A, 111, 111A, 113, 113A, 116, 116A, 120, 120A, 121, 121A, 133, 133A, 137, 137A, 141, 141A, 145, 145A, 148, 148A, 150, 150A, 151, 151A, 157, 157A, 159, 159A, 162, 162A, 170, 170A, 177, 177A.
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- Title
- Miscellaneous
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar:1av, 2r:4v, 5v:6v, 7v:13v, 16v:19r, 20r:24v, 25v:30v, 31v:62v, 63v:67r, 68r, 67v, 68v:73v, 74ar:74bv, 75r:80v, 80ar:80av, 81r:83v, 84ar:84bv, 85r:87v, 88ar:88av, 88r, 89v:91v, 93r:94v, 94ar:94av, 95r:95v, 96v, 98r:99v, 100ar:100bv, 101r:103v, 103ar:103av, 104r:106v, 106ar:106av, 107ar:107av, 108r:111v, 111ar:111av, 112r:113r, 113ar:113av, 114r:116v, 116ar:116av, 117r:121v, 121ar:121av, 122v, 123v:133v, 133ar:133av, 134r, 135r:137r, 137ar:137av, 138r:144v, 145ar:145bv, 146r:148v, 148ar:148av, 149r:150v, 150ar:150av, 151ar, 151br:151bv, 152r:157v, 157ar:157av, 158r:159v, 159ar:159av, 160r:162v, 162ar:162av, 163r, 164r:170v, 170ar:170av, 171r, 172v:177v, 177ar:177av, 178r:180v, back-i, back
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