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'Arabic File No. 10'

Title	'Arabic File No. 10'
Author	Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah. These letters cover the year 1930
Publication Date:	13 Jan 1930-20 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject	1
Type	Document
Language	ara,eng,fas
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Pages Count	134
Library:	Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID	IOR/R/15/1/757
Record ID	vdc_100000000193.0x0002de
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	13 Jan 1930-20 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes	This file consists of correspondence from various British officials in 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 to Khān Bahādur ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, 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 on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah. These letters cover the year 1930, between 13 January (12 Sha‘bān 1348) and 20 December 1930 (28 Rajab 1349). The file has its original file cover (ff. 2 and 133) which includes the title of the file in Arabic ['fīl khaṭūṭ al-bālyūz al-wāṣilah lil-wikālah ‘umān al-mutaṣāliḥ sanat 1930']. Each letter is numbered, running from No. 5 on folio 130 to 234 on folio 3. The letters are almost entirely in Arabic, while some appear in both English and Arabic (for example, ff. 38, 59 and 131). Some letters have accompanying enclosures, some of which are copies of letters to or from 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. and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , including Shaikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān, ruler of Abu Dhabi; Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm, ruler of Dubai; and Shaikh Sulṭan bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī 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. , ruler of Sharjah (for example, ff. 20 and 97). The file subjects of the correspondence relate to British relations with the ruler; commercial and consular matters concerning claims of British Indian subjects and other merchants, mostly residing in Dubai; and various slavery cases, mostly forwarded from the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat, many of which enclose manumission statements (ff. 26-27). There is also correspondence concerning the administration of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah (ff. 38 and 123) and a tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by 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 May 1930 (f. 93).
Erişim Koşulları	Unrestricted
Düzenleme	The file is arranged in reverse chronological order where Letter No. 234 (30 December 1930) appears on folio 3 and Letter No. 5 (13 January 1930) appears on folio 130). Two additional unnumbered letters appear on folios 131 and 132, dated 11 May 1930 and 30 April 1930 respectively.

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'Arabic File No. 10'

Author Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah. These letters cover the year 1930

Publication Date 13 Jan 1930-20 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)

Subject 1

Type Document

Language ara,eng,fas

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Pages Count 134

Library Qatar Digital Library

Library Asset ID IOR/R/15/1/757

Record ID vdc_100000000193.0x0002de

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 13 Jan 1930-20 Dec 1930 (CE, Gregorian)

Notes This file consists of correspondence from various British officials in 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 to Khān Bahādur ‘Īsá bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf, 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 on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah. These letters cover the year 1930, between 13 January (12 Sha‘bān 1348) and 20 December 1930 (28 Rajab 1349). The file has its original file cover (ff. 2 and 133) which includes the title of the file in Arabic ['fīl khaṭūṭ al-bālyūz al-wāṣilah lil-wikālah ‘umān al-mutaṣāliḥ sanat 1930']. Each letter is numbered, running from No. 5 on folio 130 to 234 on folio 3. The letters are almost entirely in Arabic, while some appear in both English and Arabic (for example, ff. 38, 59 and 131). Some letters have accompanying enclosures, some of which are copies of letters to or from 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. and the ruling shaikhs of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , including Shaikh Shakhbūṭ bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān, ruler of Abu Dhabi; Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Maktūm Āl Maktūm, ruler of Dubai; and Shaikh Sulṭan bin Ṣaqr Āl Qāsimī 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. , ruler of Sharjah (for example, ff. 20 and 97). The file subjects of the correspondence relate to British relations with the ruler; commercial and consular matters concerning claims of British Indian subjects and other merchants, mostly residing in Dubai; and various slavery cases, mostly forwarded from the British Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Muscat, many of which enclose manumission statements (ff. 26-27). There is also correspondence concerning the administration of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. at Sharjah (ff. 38 and 123) and a tour of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. by 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 May 1930 (f. 93).

Erişim Koşulları Unrestricted

Düzenleme The file is arranged in reverse chronological order where Letter No. 234 (30 December 1930) appears on folio 3 and Letter No. 5 (13 January 1930) appears on folio 130). Two additional unnumbered letters appear on folios 131 and 132, dated 11 May 1930 and 30 April 1930 respectively.