Author
an agent.
at Bahrain
Publication Date
15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
50
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/4/1
Record ID
vdc_100000000831.0x00034b
Library Location
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.
Date
15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between 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 or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Bahrain, 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 the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946).
Matters covered by the file include:
Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, the ruler of Sharjah's proposal to build a fort on the island of Sir Bu Nu'air;
an intercepted letter from King 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to Shaikh Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Huwaidin of the Bani Qatab [Bani Qitab] tribe (August 1939);
a settlement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed of Kalba over the allowance given to the latter;
fears of Bedouin raids in Dubai;
a proposal from the Bank of India and
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
to open a branch in Sharjah;
the murder of the cousin and rival of the Shaikh of Himriyah;
incidents of robbery by members of the Bani Qitab and Awamir tribes;
reparation work carried out on the falaj (
pl.
aflāj), a network of water channels, at Dhaid.
Folio 12 is a secret memorandum on the Bani Qitab tribe, written by Khan Abdur Razzak, 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, dated 6 October 1943.
Folio 51 is a genealogical chart of the Qasimi tribe.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The file is arranged chronologically.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
File 0205
