'File 1/A/37 I Shaikh of Ras Al Khaimah' [6r] (16/560)
The record is made up of 1 file (278 folios). It was created in 10 Mar 1933-30 May 1935. 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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1.0. No 0 C-66 of 1935
/
1 ;:^BT
Office of the Political Reticent
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
H. M* S* *BOKFOHD W <
March 1933.
My dear Metcalfe,
Please refer to my telegram So. 04, datea
20th January 1333, in which I stated that our failure
to obtain air facilities at Kalda was due to the in-
-fluence of the Shaikh of Has al Khaiman.
2. T he attitude of this Shaikh has been uneatis-
-
factory
An East India Company trading post.
for some years past, ana he caused Biscoe a
good deal oi trouble. He is one of the Shaikhs who
refused to have the air port, now established at Shargah,
in his territory, and nov; refuses to call on Ships
v/hen they visit his port. He is the only Shaikh in
the Chilf whc does not perform these official courtesies.
3. Hitherto the mostimportant easiness on tae
Tiucial Coast has been to overcome the various difficult-
-ies in the v/ay of the Sharg&h Rest House being erected
as soon os possible, and while this was being done Z was
loath to have any more irons in the fire in that part ot
the world. Now, however, that the Rest House is nearly
completed, I think Pas al Knaim&h might ce tackled.
Arabs pay considerable importance to matters ol ceremony,
ana the Shaikh^ deliberate omission to carry out
official cout^esies is of course not good for our pies-
-tige. Moreover it prevents me getting into personal
touch with him; if I visit his port I ceitainly can t
make the first call.
.1 • Metcalf e, Esc . , f. * I. a •, H. 0*, , | J i
Poreign Secretary to the Government oi India, I 4- ;
New Delhi,
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This file contains correspondence and documents related to Britain's relationship with the ruler of R'as al-Khaymah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim al-Qasimi, and the contested ownership of Tamb/Tumb [Tunb] island.
Much of the correspondence in the file is between 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 Bushire and 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 in Sharjah (in Arabic with English translations). The file also contains correspondence between Shaikh Sultan 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 Bushire.
The file contains the following documents:
- 'Persian Claim to Tamb and Abu Musa' - a memorandum written by Dan Lascelles of the Foreign Office, 1934 (folio 107-114);
- a note on the ownership of Tamb prepared by 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 Bushire, 1935 (folios 167-168);
- 'Note on Arab Custom of Holding Property "in Common"' written by Harold Richard Patrick Dickson, 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. in Kuwait, 1935 (folios 182-186).
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- 1 file (278 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 278; 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 6-254; 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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- IOR/R/15/2/1998
- Title
- 'File 1/A/37 I Shaikh of Ras Al Khaimah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:242v, 246r:252v, 254r:277v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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