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place ana they are firmly in occupation. In the meantime
find it bettor if you will refer to K.B.Syed Abdur-Razzaq,
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 to give you his best views. Please don't
neglect the matter and inform me in a reply as soon as possible.
Copy of Memorandum No .C/953 dated the 21st June 1944 from the
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain 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.
Reference Political Officer Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. 's Memorandum
No.C/989-3/5(G) dated the 14th June 1944.
2. Please institute enquiries and let me have a report as
soon as possible.
3. To what letter from Syed Ahmed bin Ibrahim does Shaikh
Humaid bin Abdullah refer in his letter to Shaikh Khalid bin
Ahmed ?•
Copy of Memorandum No.C/1028-3/5(G) doted the 24th June 1944
from the Resident Agent, 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.
Reference your memorandum No.953 dated the 21st ^uno
1944.
2. An armistice of two months was arranged through che media
tion of the Shaikhs of Ras al Khnimah and Bukha respectively.
They sent, on their behalf, Iftihaaoad bin Salih of Rams (see para
graph (iv) of Nows Report No.8 of 1944 for the period ending 30th
April 1944). Tho armistice oxpirod on 1st Rajib 1363 (i.e.22nd
June 1944). Thelve day^ before thcooxfiai!y : .ef:-the<->abmistice the
Shalneh without any act of intimidation by 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. or giving
warning to them attacked Ali bin Ahmed Khalfnn and his farmer
while on his way to his own garden at Diba (Hisn)• He was killed
and his farmer was wounded. As a result of this act both parties
carried arms and started firing at each other. Latest unconfirmed
report to the effect that three ware killed on 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. side
while one killed and one wounded on the Shahuh side.
3. Paragraph 3. The letter referred to in Shaikh Humaid 1 2 3 s
letter was not the letter to the Wali of Khasab but the one by
Saiyid Ahmed bin Ibrahim in which he says that he had sent a
letter to the Wqli of Khasab. Copy of this letter together with
translation is enclosed.