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'File 1/A/37 I Shaikh of Ras Al Khaimah' [188r] (380/560)
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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Confidential .
No:0/143-1.a/37.
Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
Bahrain, the 2nd March 1955.
I'o?
The Honourable the Political Kesident
in the Persian u uif,
Bushire.
lour Memorandum «o:lS9-S dated the S4th January 1935.
Arab Custom of a tribe or community holding property in common.
2. An outstanding example is the A1 IChalifah (Bahrain
ruling family) custom that ensures that A1 Khalifah property
shall remain intact. If the A1 Khalifah Buler grants a portion
of the land of the A1 Khalifah to a member of the Family, on the
death of that member tne land reverts to the Ruler, who can then
(a) resume it himself, (B) re-grant it or portion of it to that
member 1 s heirs, or (c) otherwise redistribute it (but always
ii 1 Jtue A1 Khalii ah family ) • No A1 Khalifah land may be sold
or given away outside the A1 Khalifah family. Tnis custom does
no a, of course, apply to land which a member of the A1 Khalifah
family may have obtained by private purchase or other such means.
Ik is, however, curious to note that with the coming of
settled conditions, it is becoming increasingly difficult to main
tain this old custom.
3. The Sa*ud custom is said to be that the property in the
possession of any of the members of the family cannot be trans
ferred to an outsider. Even property given by the Ruler of the
State to a person outside the family reverts to the Sa f ud family
after the death of the person to whom the property is given and
his family cannot enjoy the same right.
4. 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, Sharjah, states that on the Trucial
Coast the custom is tnat the family property reverts to that
/member
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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).
- Extent and format
- 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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence