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'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)' [30r] (59/104)
The record is made up of 1 file (50 folios). It was created in 15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948. 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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Tr&n^lfcition of letter dfoted the 13th of September 1946
(16.lo.65) from Khan Bahadur wuhammaa ^hmad, Aovocate, Baeiah
t& the Ruler of Sharjah.
After Compliments,
1 ifcrite to say that 1 visited your country hoping to be
able to see you but i was not fortunet6 as you haa been away from
your capital. 1 had the pleasure of visiting your son whom I
miormea that I was one of the directors of a bank called ’bank
oi India ana
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Ltd.’ established in Karachi and havinr;
a branch in Bombay.
We wish to open.a branch of this bank in Sharjah for the
issue and acceptance of commercial drafts and for handling banking
business, and request you to be kino enough to giant us permission
to open the said branch in your port. We undertake to pay you
10$ of the annual income of the Bank here after deduction of all
expenses and outlays. Should the profits be large and business
prosperous, we would then pay you an additional 5$. The period of
the agreement should be 10 years ano the Bank shall have the
option to stop business or close down the branch after ^ivin^ you
a six months’ notice in advance. The Bank owned by us is
i egistered with the Government in Bombay and a large number of its
Share-holders are British subjects. An extract of its deeds and
rules is recorded with the Registrar of the Bombay Frovinee and
therefore as you are probably aware no one can impugn its ri^ht
' in thc.t is is a purely commercial institution and does not
interfere in the political matters of the State in which it
carries out its business. The terms offered ^ou by us have
never previously been conceded by any Company or Bank to the
Govenment of any State in the world.
It would h ve been possible for us to appoint an agent to
i epreseni# us in any oi the ports anu to conduct the business of
tue tank on
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
basis but we preiered to follow a very
straightforward and honest policy, our aim at the same time being
tnet the country in which we oo business will benefit from us.
I he Khoja and Hindu merchants in your country Dxaae considerable
profits ourin^ the pest 50 years but Lave paid nothing at all to
the local Government and I am quite certain that if you examined
uhis point carefully you would surely realise and appreciate the
enormous pro!its oi which your country has been deprived and you
*ill ho Bice thtt it is essential to grant the rec.uired permission
for our Bank to oo business here, we now offer *b% of the net
profits of the Bank branch ana we reiterate that no company or
Bankirg house has ever made or will make such an oifer to the
Government of the place in which it wishes to function.
Should our proposal be acceptable to you, kindly let us
know, we will then submit to you a craft agreement which we
propose to conclude with you and when agreement is reached on its
terms and contents, our Managing Director, Dr. puransingh, will
arrive for the signing of the agreement.
It is understood that we will need a building for the
B<-iJ£ arid 10 r the residence oi the manager whom we will appoint for
the branch to be opened in sharjah. our said ksne^iig Director*
will discuss this point with you.
Usual £naing.
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The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between 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 or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, and 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. at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946).
Matters covered by the file include:
- Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, the ruler of Sharjah's proposal to build a fort on the island of Sir Bu Nu'air;
- an intercepted letter from King 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to Shaikh Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Huwaidin of the Bani Qatab [Bani Qitab] tribe (August 1939);
- a settlement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed of Kalba over the allowance given to the latter;
- fears of Bedouin raids in Dubai;
- a proposal from the Bank of India and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. to open a branch in Sharjah;
- the murder of the cousin and rival of the Shaikh of Himriyah;
- incidents of robbery by members of the Bani Qitab and Awamir tribes;
- reparation work carried out on the falaj ( pl. aflāj), a network of water channels, at Dhaid.
Folio 12 is a secret memorandum on the Bani Qitab tribe, written by Khan Abdur Razzak, 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, dated 6 October 1943.
Folio 51 is a genealogical chart of the Qasimi tribe.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (50 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-34; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)'
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- front, front-i, 2r:2v, 4r:7v, 9r:22v, 24r:25v, 27r:30v, 33r:42v, 44r:45v, 47r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r:51v, back-i, back
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