Author
an agent.
at Sharjah
Publication Date
15 Dec 1935-10 Sep 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
402
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1070
Record ID
vdc_100000000241.0x000295
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 1935-10 Sep 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains correspondence and telegrams 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.
at Bahrain; K S Husain bin Hamad, in charge of the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
at Sharjah; 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.
in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
; 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.
; and Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo; regarding outbreaks of smallpox and other diseases on the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
.
The file mostly contains documents regarding a smallpox epidemic in the
Trucial Coast
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
: weekly statistics and telegrams showing deaths by smallpox in 1936, in English and Arabic.
The file also contains requests for supply of vaccines, vaccinations, quarantine measures, requests for the intervention for Dr Ralph Holmes, Medical Officer at the Victoria Memorial Hospital, and reports from Dr Holmes' work in Sharjah.
There is correspondence in Arabic with English translation, with 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 at Sharjah and with the ruler of Ras-al-Khaimah, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There are file notes at the end, on folios 367-403. The notes are arranged chronologically and refer to documents within the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
English Office Files: 2/14
