Author
Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dibai [Dubai]
Publication Date
6 Jul 1935-18 Nov 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
59
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/1867
Record ID
vdc_100000000282.0x00025a
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
6 Jul 1935-18 Nov 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The file contains enquiry correspondence relating to a claim made in 1935 by Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dibai [Dubai], principally against the shipping agents Mesopotamia Persia Corporation Limited (also referred to as the Mesopotamia Iran Corporation Limited). The claim concerns the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Ruler of Dubai, in connection with 2000 bags of unclaimed cement landed at Dubai by the Japanese steam ship
Nanku Maru
(also spelt
Nankwa Maru
) on 21 June 1934. The main correspondents are: 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, 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, the Secretary to 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.
at Bushire, Mr P S Kandeth the Dubai representative of the shipping agents, and the Ruler of Dubai. The letters exchanged between the Ruler of Dubai, 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 and 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.
are in English and Arabic. The file also includes: the cargo manifest submitted to Dubai Customs by the
Nanku Maru
on its arrival in 1934; the statement (in Arabic) of expenses incurred by the Ruler of Dubai on the landed cement, signed by the hammalbashi (chief of the porters’ guild) at Dubai Pier in 1934; and the witness statement made in 1935 by Mr P S Kandeth, regarding the purchase of the cement in 1934 from the Persia Japan Trading Company at Tehran, by the original consignee Haji Baker Fakhr (also spelt Hajji Baquir and Haji Kaber), a Persian subject.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Vernacular Office Files: B/10 I
