'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries'

Title:

'File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries'

Date:

1939/1946

Description:

Abstract: The file contains fortnightly news reports on the Trucial Coast, compiled by the Political Officer or Residency Agent at Sharjah. Included are the reports from late October 1939 to early March 1942, when they stop, resuming again at the start of 1945 until the end of 1946.Each report was sent to the Political Agency at Bahrain and contained important summarised information on the following matters:visits of British and foreign notables;the movements of Trucial Shaikhs and other tribal leaders;local affairs of each of the Trucial Shaikhdoms;the hinterland tribes;Royal Air Force and Naval matters;aviation and shipping;American Air Transport Command (at Sharjah);British interests;medical matters;anti-locust work;arms traffic;weather.Also within the file is correspondence between the Political Agency at Bahrain and the British Agency at Sharjah regarding matters raised by the reports or the reports themselves.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-186 and ff 60-76 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Colonial administration
Reports

Geographic region:

Trucial Coast

Rights:

رخصة حكومة مفتوحة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000155_ar
81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000155_en
IOR/R/15/2/326
IOR/R/15/2/326

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