'File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE' [8r] (15/56)
The record is made up of 1 file (26 folios). It was created in 1 Jul 1944-17 Apr 1945. 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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Copy of Momorandum No •C/989-3/5(G) doted the 14th June 1944
from the Political Officer, Truciol Coat, Sharjah to 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.
, Bahrain.
3
Subject: Diba Dispute*
Refor-.^nce correspondence resting with the Political
Officer,
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
*a confidential letter No.C/17-3/5(G)
dated the 4th January 1944.
2. Appended is a copy of an Arabic letter dated the 22nd
Jamad oth Thani 1363 i.e. 13th June 1944 from Shaikh Khalid
bin Ahmed, Regent of Kalba at present at Hira to Khan Bahadur
Soiyid Razzaq, Reside*^ ^AgGnt* Sharjah, with a copy of its
wnclosure (letter from Shaikh Humaid bin Abdullah cousin of
Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed, at Kalba).
^Translation of letter doted 22nd Jamad al Thani 1363 (13-6-44)
from Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed, Regent of Kalba to 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. —
The object is thqt I have received a letter from the son
Shaikh Humaid bin ^bdulla saying that Shahooh hove aggressed on
our people at "Hisn” (Diba) and violated the covonant t As from
18th Jamad al Thani 1363 (9-6-44) they have possessed the places,
killed one of our people, plundered some booty and injured
another. The attached letter is from the son Humaid which please
peruse, and the balance of the story will be given to you by
Shaikh Saqr in person. I have informed you of it which please
note.
The killed man*s name is Walad Ahmed bin Mohammed bin
Khalfon•
Translation of letter dated 19th Jamad al Thani 1363 (10-6-44)
from Shaikh Humaid bin Abdullah to Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed.
The object is to inform you that Shahooh aggressed on the
people of ,, Hisn ,, on Saturday night, 18th Jamad al Thani 1363
(9-6-44) and they have taken hold of the places. They plundered
and killed men. The letters received from Diba are attached here
with and also the letter which I have received from Syed Ahmed
bin Ibrahim to Syed Badr, Wali Khasab. The trouble has taken
/plac e
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This file, continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/220], concerns an ongoing dispute between the Qawasim 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. [Āl 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. ] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file].
The correspondence, which discusses reports of aggression on both sides, features the following principal correspondents: 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. and Consul, Muscat; 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. , Bahrain; the Political Officer, Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , Sharjah; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Sa‘īd]; the Government of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs. Also discussed is whether the Sultan of Muscat and Oman should appoint an official for the Shihuh population at Diba.
The Arabic language material consists of correspondence between 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. and Consul at Muscat and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
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- 1 file (26 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file. Circled serial numbers (red for received correspondence; blue for issued correspondence) refer to entries in the notes at the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 28; these numbers are written in pencil 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 'File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE'
- Pages
- 4r:4v, 8r:8v
- Author
- Āl Qasimī, Shaikh Khālid bin Aḥmad bin Sultān
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- 'File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE'
- Pages
- 4r:4v, 8r:9v
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- Āl Qāsimī, Ḥumaid bin ‘Abdullāh
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