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'Administration Reports for 1947' [23r] (45/128)
The record is made up of 1 file (62 folios). It was created in 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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The temperatures for the year were as follows;-
Maximum Temperature
Minimum Temperature
Maximum.Humid 1 ty
Minimum Humidity
Total Rainfall in the year = 2.65 n
10S e F,
on
18.6,1947
49°F.
on
27.12.1947
98fi
on
6,5.1947
26%
on
1,1.1947
= 2.65"
32.
A R
A from
Bahrain
(i) His Excellency Shaikh Abdullah bin Jasim A1 Than!,
the Ruler of Qatar, has continued to suffer in his health
throughout the year. He had one severe attack of gastroenter-’
itis^ and was given appropriate treatment by the medical officer
of the Petroleum Concession Limited at Dukhan. In Novembers
the year his health was again very low. He has shown
unwillingness to abide by the regime prescribed by his medical
adviser,
(ii) In October, Dr, Storm of the American Mission Hospital)
Bahrain visited Qatar and advised the Ruler as to the type of
Hospital he should have and the equipment that should be^
•installed in it.. Later in the year Rs. 5,000/- worth of
equipment was bought for the hospital. The Ruler paid in
full for this. A 20 bed hospital \was completed and the
conditions on which the American Mission were to run it are
(a) that the Ruler pays Rs, 1,000/- per month for Staff,
including one Indian Doctor and Nurses (b) an American Doctor
should be present for one month in the year at the hospital
and (c) the Ruler and his family should be treated free of charge,
33.
TRUCIAL COAST
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
(i) Personnel .
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, Mr. Jasim bin*Mohammad al Kadhmawi,
was in charge of
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
affairs from the 1st to the 9th
January when Mr, G.N. Jackson, M.B.E,, arrived in Sharjah and
assumed charge as Political Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
. On the
29th November Mr, G.N. Jackson, returned to Sharjah/and remained
until the end of the year,
(ii) T rucial Coast Shaikhs
The following were the Ruling Shaikhs of the various
States on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
throughout the year:-
1. Dubai 1
2, Sharjah
3. Abu Dhabi .
4, Ajman
5. Ras al Khaimah
6 , ‘Kalba
(iii) Royal Navy .
Shaikh Said bin Maktum, O.E.B.
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr al Qasimi
Shaikh Shakhbut bin Sultan bin Zayid
Shaikh Rashid bin Humaid
Shaikh Sultan bin Salim
Shaikh Hamad bin Sa'id (minor)
Regent; Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad
During the year under review H.M.S.’H/REN", H.M.S.
"WILDG00SE” and H.M.S. "LOCH GLENDHU" called at Sharjah.
(iv) Royal Air Force .
On the 14th January the ’Iraqi Arab Levies were
withdrawn from Sharjah.
The strength of the R.A.F. in Sharjah has been
considerably reduced. At the end of the year the number of
/ R.A.F.
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The file contains unpublished typescript Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. for the year 1947, starting with the Report of 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. , Bahrain, followed by Reports for the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain (including The Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and Qatar); the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Kuwait; and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat. The Reports cover political developments; oil and oil companies; aviation matters; trade and economic matters; lists of officials; details of local government; Ruling Families; customs; shipping; transport; communications; the administration of justice; medical matters; Royal Navy (RN), Royal Indian Navy (RIN), and Royal Air Force (RAF); notable visitors to the Gulf; meteorological information; slavery and piracy; pearling; date gardens in Kuwait; French and American interests in Muscat; missionary work in Muscat; a report on Gwadur [Gwadar] written 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. , Muscat; and a separate report on Guadur [Gwadar] written by the Administrator there.
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The Report of 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. , Bahrain appears at the front of the file, followed by the Reports of the various Political Agencies.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 62, the last folio but one before the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- Title
- 'Administration Reports for 1947'
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- front, front-i, 2r:63v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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