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'File 0223 Ras Al Khaimah Affairs' [56r] (111/284)
The record is made up of 1 file (140 folios). It was created in 18 May 1937-3 Dec 1949. 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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C982«022c*
Sharjah
21»t aaptambar 1946#
political, Bahrain
my telegram jNtt.970 dated tht 19th &epten,b«r 1946.
2. I iVvvard herawith, in •ri^inal v.ith translatian, letter dated
the 22nd ®f thawwal 1365 (18.9.46) frem Shaikh icuhammad bin Selim
in which he invokes uevemment^s help.
3. shfc ikh sultan bin salim left Sharjah ©n the 15th September
fer Bhaid. He reachea Hhaid U.e Seme evening and secretly
conferred with shaikh Muhammad bin Ali bin Huwaidin, chief ef the
Beni Qitab. hethxiig is known of what vae decided between them but
it is rumoured that shaikh Sultan aeunded the chief of beni ^itab
a,j t® whether he would help him in cast ©f an emergency and that
the latter premised to de a©, shaikh sultan spent the night in the
uesert, and arrived at Has al Khaim&h next moi’ning. hrem further
enquiries made, i have come t® know that shaikh sultan purchased
u¥/o rifles only privately and the Shaikh of Dubsi premised to help
him with anas and ammunition if he needed them, news has also
reached me to the oifect that sheikh sultan*a sone broke into the
houses of uw© of shaikh kuhammad bin Salim*a sons at was al khaimah
and plundered their belen^iiigs.
while in Dubai sliaikh sultan conferred with shaikh Hashid
bin sa*id and was visited by shaikh Jum , ah bin Maktum who promised
him of Bubai*6 support with all the flattery for which he is knewn.
4. In the evening of the 18th September shaikh sultan bin saqr,
Ruler of sharjah, returned from Ras al Khaim&h anc came te see me
on the 19th. He teld me that there was ne change in the situatien
and that shaikh Sultan was adamant and unwilling to relax his
term that his brother and nophews should loaus Ras al Khaimah
although he, shaikh of ©harjah, told him that he vas prepared te
guarantee that his brether and nephews will not do anything against
him. In the afterneen the Shaikh of sharjah again met me and
handed ever te me a letter frem shaikh Muhammadbin salim referred
to in para 2 above. I was going to report this to you. by telegram
but in the meantime I received yeur telegram Re.242 of 19th
September to which I sent you a reply tky telegram No.970 dated
19th September 1946). The Shaikh ef Sharjah propeses to go to was-
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The file contains correspondence relating to the affairs of Ra's al-Khaymah. The correspondence is mostly between the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah, the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Bahrain, 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 Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah (Sulṭān bin Sālim Āl Qasimī, later Saqr bin Muḥammad Āl Qasimī) and his brother (Muḥammad bin Sālim Āl Qasimī), and the Foreign Office.
The papers cover numerous matters, including:
- the limits of the Shaikh's territory;
- the restoration of the British government's support to Ra's al-Khaymah (it had been withdrawn following Shaikh Sultan's lack of cooperation over a concession agreement with Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1938);
- Shaikh Sultan's claim over Tamb Island and the British government's desire for his flag to be permanently flown there;
- the 1946 conflict and subsequent stand-off between Shaikh Sultan and his brother, Muḥammad bin Sālim, which eventually resulted in the coup carried out by Muḥammad's son, Saqr, in early 1948;
- the recognition by the British of Saqr bin Muḥammad Āl Qasimī as the Shaikh of Ra's al-Khaymah;
- a complaint by Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Sulaiman, Shaikh of Bakha, of aggression by the people of Sha'am.
Folio 121 is a genealogical chart of the Jowasim [ Qawāsim 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. ] lineage.
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- 1 file (140 folios)
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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 inside back cover with 142; 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 present in parallel between ff 2-141; 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 0223 Ras Al Khaimah Affairs'
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- front, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:30v, 33r:34v, 37r:40v, 42r:42v, 44r:47v, 49r:49v, 51r:54v, 56r:58v, 60r:69v, 71r:71v, 73r:76v, 82r:95v, 97r:99v, 101r:108v, 111r:128v, 130r:132v, 134r:140v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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