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'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947' [102r] (203/306)
The record is made up of 1 file (151 folios). It was created in 6 Jan 1948-8 May 1948. It was written in English. 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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have been entirely neglected* and such power as Humaid
commands has been devoted to the extortion of excessive
taxes and forced loans from the subjects of the State. In
fact* none of the Jawasim Shaikhs has used what force or
influence he commands to oppose the strong in protection of
the weak. They prefer to befriend law-breakers of whom
they are frightened and to use such pow'er as they have to
extort money and goods from the poor and humble of their
subjects* who most need their protection and succour. Indeed*
their subjects go in as much fear of depredations by their
not
Shaikhs as by robbers. This practice has-been without
effect. Persian merchants hitherto established in Sharjah
and Has al Khaimah are moving away to Dubai* and villages
on the extremities of their domains are turning to the Shaikh
of Fujairah for protection. They are now paying their taxes
to him because they have found that he gives them some return
for them in security. In Dfcibai, too, the emphasis has been
on the Ruler's duty towards his subjects rather than on his
claims to their property. Security there and in Abu Dhabi
has been almost complete and both Rulers are obeyed and
greatly respected by their subjects. The Shaikh of Dubai
and also the Shaikh of Fujairah (who is most active and whose
influence is steadily increasing) have themselves undertaken
the punishment of robbers who loot their subjects within
Jawasim limits because they knowing that they can get no
satisfaction from the Jaswasim Shaikhs. The same is true of
Ajman and Uram al qawain; and Ajman has recently assumed, at
the request of the inhabitants, jurisdiction over Masfut*
formerly under Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan of the Nai»m* because
the latter was unable to protect the inhabitants from the
Beni Ka*ab.
(iii) Slavery.
During the year under repbrt there have been
some cases of abduction of persons into slavery from Sharjah,
Dubai and other parts of the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
and the Batinah.
Persons abducted were taken to Hamasah, Buraimi* by land and
sold to Saudi and Qatar slave dealers* who took most of them
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The file contains correspondence relating to the collation and submission of the 1947 Administration Report of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , as well as the reports themselves.
The correspondence is between the 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. and representatives of institutions active in Bahrain that provide reports and statistics for the annual report. These include: Medical Department of the Government of Bahrain; Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department; American Mission Hospital; Eastern Bank Limited; Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO); Customs Department of the Government of Bahrain; Cable and Wireless Limited; Victoria Memorial Hospital; British Overseas Airways Corporation; Petroleum Concessions Limited; Adviser to the Government of Bahrain (Sir Charles Belgrave); Imperial Bank of Iran; and Gray, Mackenzie & Co Limited. The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. report (folios 94-104) is submitted to the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the Political Officer at Sharjah. Both final reports are then submitted by the 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. at Bahrain to 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 Bahrain.
The final report (folios 123-148), which includes the final version of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Report, is made up of numbered sections, as follows: 1. Officers; 2. Bahrain Government Officials; 3. The Al Khalifah; 4. Education; 5. Agriculture; 6. Municipalities; 7. Public Works; 8. Electric Department; 9. Transport Department; 10. Telephone Department; 11. Pearling; 12. Customs; 13. Food Control; 14. Shipping; 15. Post Office; 16. Administration of Justice; 17. Police; 18. Economic; 19. Medical; 20. The Bahrain Petroleum Company; 21. Petroleum Concessions Limited; 22. Cable & Wireless Limited; 23. British Overseas Airways Corporation; 24. Royal Navy; 25. Royal Air Force; 26. American Consulate, Dhahran; 27. Visitors; Local Affairs (unnumbered); 30. Bahrain and Palestine; 31. Weather; 32. Qatar; 33. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Some sections are further divided into parts assigned either a lower case Roman numeral (iv, for example) or a lower case letter of the alphabet (d, for example). Several of these parts also come under a sub-heading.
Also within the file is correspondence (folios118-119) between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain and that of Kuwait regarding the cost of lighting and heating in Kuwait and Basra.
Folios 149-152 are internal office notes.
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The file is arranged chronologically.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover, and terminates at the inside back cover; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- Title
- 'File 8/8 VI Annual Report for the Year 1947'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:15v, 19r:19v, 91r:104v, 111r:152v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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