'File 14/266 II Status of Hamriya' [‎12r] (24/40)

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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain, the 5th July 1937.
Captain T. Hickinbotham, I.A.,
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. , Bahrain
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The Honourable the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
Subject:- Himriyah .
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I have the honour to state that during my recent
visit to the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. I went into the question of
the status of the Shaikh of Himriyah,
2. Hirariyah is a fairly large town situated on the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. about half way between the towns of Ajman
and Umm al Qaiwain. The chief of Himriyah is Shaikh Hu-
maid bin Abdur Rahman and he is from the Al Bu Shamis
tribe. The town itself which is smaller than Ajman is
populated by a mixed collection who do not belong to any
particular tribe. As far as X have been able to ascertain
there is no hinterland of any appreciable size attached
to the town. The chief of Himriyah was at one time sub
ordinate to the Jawasim but was noted as being practically
independent of the Shaikh of Sharjah in the Handbook of
Arabia, Volume I 1917, page 336. He is now for all practi
cal purposes conqpletely independent of the Shaikh of Shar—
jah and is ranked by the local people as an independent
Shaikh. The Shaikh of Sharjah, to the best of my know-
ledge and belief, has not claimed suzerainty over the
Shaikh of Hirrrriyah.