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1. '14/101 II, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHIEFS OF SHARJA AND DUBAI. 14/107 DISAGREEMENT OVER THE SALTMINES AT SIR BU NAEER ISLAND. 14/197 I+II FIGHTING BETWEEN THE SHAIKH OF OF DHABI AND THE BEDOUINS; 14/204 HOSTILITIES BETWEEN BETWEEN SHAIKH SULTAN IBN SAQR OF SHARJHAH AND SHAIKH OF UMM AL QAWAIN.'
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- Abstract: Correspondence in this file is on four topics: disagreements between Shaikhs of Sharjah and Dubai: salt-mines at Sir Abu Nu`air [Şīr Bū Nu‘ayr]; fighting between Abu Dhabi and Bedouin from the interior; fighting between Buraimi shaikh and Abu Dhabi; hostilities between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr of Sharjah and Shaikh of Umm al-Qaiwain and Hamriya and subsequent peace agreement. The main correspondents are the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Shaikh of Sharjah; Hamad bin Abdullah, Headman of Fujairah; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in the top right hand corner of each page.
2. '14/138 Arab Coast: Hostilities Between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi and Um al Kowein over the affairs of the Bani Katb tribe. April 1904 to May 1916'
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- Abstract: Correspondence discussing the role of Sheikh Zaid bin Khalifah, Sheikh of Abu Dhabi on the Trucial Coast and the battles and disputes between the Trucial Shaikhs. Also discussed is the agreement, arranged by the Political Resident Persian Gulf which secured the release of the Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn. The Terms of Peace document is included as a printed item.Correspondents include Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Louis William Dane, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Residency Agent, Sharjah; Chief of Sharjah; Shaikh Hamdan bin Zaid, Chief of Abu Dhabi.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation consists of uncircled numbers in the top right-hand corner of the recto of each folio, and starts on the first folio of writing with 1 and finishes on the back cover with 140. Foliation anomaly: 68, 68A.
3. '14/169 Differences between Shaikh Rashid of Um ul Kowein and his brother Naser bin Ahmad, June 1912 to 22 Jany 1917'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence about a disagreement between the ruler of Umm al-Qawayn, Sheikh Rashid, and his brother, Naser bin Ahmad, concerning the estate of their father. The main correspondents are Khan Bahadur 'Isa ibn Abd al-Latif, the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf.Topics include:A letter from Brella, widow of the late Sheikh Ahmed (bin Abdullah, Chief of Umm al-Qawain).Translation of an extract from a Basrah newspaper, Sada ad-Dastur.Sketch maps (folios 150 and 147) in Arabic and translation in English of 'the places allocated by the late Sheikh Ahmad, Chief of Umm al-Qaywayn to his sons and foreigners to plant date palms and to use them for cultivation'.Letters discussing a plot by Sheikh Rashid, ruler of Umm al-Qaywayn to murder the Residency Agent, Sharjah.Measures taken against Shaikh Rashid of Umm al-Qaywayn, including bombardment of fort.Physical description: Foliation: The sequence consists of small circled numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio, commencing on the first full page of text.
4. 'Agreement relating to the Umm-al-Qaiwan Oil Concession [between] His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited'
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- Abstract: The file concerns an agreement between His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession of 29 January 1946, which was arranged between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain and Petroleum Concessions Limited in 1945. The agreement outlines the terms and conditions, laid down by the British Government, regulating the operation of the company in Umm-al-Qaiwain. The document includes a 'pre-emption' clause which is relevant in the event of a state of national emergency or war.The agreement is signed by Sir William Dawson Croft, Deputy Under-Secretary of State, on behalf of His Majesty's Government, in the presence of Francis Anthony Kitchener Harrison, the Assistant Principal to the India Office. It is also sealed by the petroleum company.Included with the agreement is a translation of a letter dated 31 January 1946 from Shaikh Ahmed bin Rashid, Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, to the Political Agent [no country given] relating to the opening of a bank branch as per Article 25 of the agreement.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 3; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
5. 'Agreement... between the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain... and Petroleum Concessions Limited'
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- Abstract: The file is concerned with an agreement between Shaikh Ahmad II ibn Rashid Al Mu`alla, the Ruler of Umm-al-Qaiwain, and Petroleum Concessions Limited, which relates to the Umm-al-Qaiwain Oil Concession. The document is signed by Basil Henry Lermitte for Petroleum Concessions Limited.Physical description: The foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 4; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
6. ‘Persian Gulf. Report the result of the Resident’s visit to Kishm, Shargah and Aboothabee.’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 16 June 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the fifth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.The item relates to reports by Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, on his visits in April and May 1847 with:Shaik Abdool Rahman, Chief of Kishm [Shaikh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Ṣaqr al-Mu‘īnī, Shaikh of Qeshm]Shaik Mukhtoom bin Butye, Chief of Debaye [Shaikh Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh, Shaikh of Dubai]Shaik Sultan bin Suggur [Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī, Shaikh of Ra’s al Khaymah and Sharjah]Shaik Abdoollah bin Rashid, Chief of Amulgavine [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā, Shaikh of Umm al-Qaywayn]Shaik Azeez bin Rashid, Chief of Ejman [Shaikh ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin Rāshid al-Na‘īmī, Shaikh of Ajman]Shaik Saeed bin Tahnoon, Chief of Aboothabee [Shaikh Sa‘īd bin Ṭaḥnūn Āl Nahyān, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]Hennell reports on the topics covered in the interviews, which include: disputes and grievances amongst the rulers; planned attacks; general complaints; and the English [British] government’s policy of non-interference in local disputes. Hennell also reports on the general peaceful status of the above areas, and provides his opinion on the characters of some of the rulers.Multiple spellings for the above rulers and places are present in the item.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 78, Vol: 5.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 244, and terminates at f 259, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
7. ‘Persian Gulf. Good treatment experienced by two boats belonging to Sheik Sultan bin Suggur at the hands of His enemies the Sheiks of Debaye and Amulgavine’
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- Abstract: The item consists of copies and extracts of correspondence cited in, or enclosed with, a Political Letter from the Government of Bombay to the East India Company Court of Directors, 13 November 1847. A copy of this Political Letter can be found at IOR/F/4/2238/112322, alongside details of further enclosures. The item is the thirty-sixth in a series of fifty-nine items on events in the Persian Gulf.This item relates to an extract of a letter from Moollah Houssein [Mullā Ḥusayn], Agent at Shargah [Sharjah], to Major Samuel Hennell, Resident in the Persian Gulf, dated 19 December 1846. Moollah Houssein reports on the good treatment experienced by the crews of two vessels belonging to subjects of Sheik Sultan ben Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], after their vessels were wrecked near to Debaie [Dubai] and Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn]. He contrasts this with the treatment experienced by a vessel from Debaie which was swamped near Sheik Sultan ben Suggur’s territory of Shargah. Hennell forwards the extract to the Government of Bombay, and includes his comments on the events.Debaie is also rendered in text as Debaye and Debaei.The title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Bombay Political Department’, ‘Draft No. 345/48’, ‘Collection No. 2 of No. 139, Vol: 36.’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 445, and terminates at f 448, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the item also contains an original pagination sequence.
8. ‘Vol 2 Persian Gulf’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the second in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93535, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:The desire of Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī] to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A prolongation of the Maritime Truce, and interpretation of its termsThe refusal by Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn], to destroy his towers in connection with his dispute with Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Ras-ul-Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]A report by two Hindu merchants that their goods were plundered by men of the Huwajeer [al-Hawajir] and Saloota [Salūtah] tribes at Monamah [Al-Manāmah]Disputes between: Khuleefa bin Shakboot [Shaikh Khalīfah bin Shakhbūṭ Āl Nahyān], the Shaik of Abothabee [Shaikh of Abu Dhabi]; Muktoom [Maktūm I bin Buṭṭī Āl Bū Falāseh], Shaik of Dubaye [Dubai]; and Sooltan bin Suggur and his son Suggur bin Sooltan [Ṣaqr bin Sultān al-Qāsimī]A misunderstanding resulting in violence between a boat from Karrack [Jazīreh-ye Khārk, also known as Khark, Kharg] and a boat from AmulgavineA dispute between Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah], Shaik of Bahrein [Shaikh of Bahrein], and Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah], former Shaik of BahreinPlunder at Bahrein of a ship belonging to Shaik Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn], an Arab merchant in Bombay [Mumbai]Punishment of a man who was violent towards the Residency’s horse keeper in Bushire [Bushēhr].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 315 and terminates at f 395, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
9. ‘Vol 3 Persian Gulf – Affairs of – ’
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- Abstract: This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and consultations, cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. It is the third in a series of eleven items about the Persian Gulf (the others are IOR/F/4/2050/93533, 93534, 93536, 93537, 93538, 93539, 93540, 93541, 93542, and 93543). The principal correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf.The item concerns:Kemball’s official appointment as Officiating Resident in the Persian Gulf until Samuel Hennell’s returnA misunderstanding between the captain of the merchant ship Fyzul Barryand its ownerAn application by Sheikh Subah of Koweit [Shaikh Jābir I bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Ṣabāḥ of Kuwait] for a safe conduct pass for a merchant to travel to Bahrein [Bahrain] and Katiffe [Qatif]Disputes in Bahrein between: Abdullah bin Ahmed [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Aḥmad Āl Khalīfah]; Mahomed bin Khuleefa [Shaikh Muḥammed bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah]; and Esai bin Tarif [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin Ḥamad bin Ṭarīf Āl Bin 'Alī al-'Utbī]Discussion of the plunder of goods belonging to: Dhyee bin Aoon [Dhāḥī bin A‘ūn]; two Hindu merchants; and a ship under British colours carrying medical suppliesEsai bin Tarif’s desire to settle at Bidda [Al Bidda]A dispute between Abdoolla bin Rashid [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Rāshid al-Mu’allā], Shaik of Amulgavine [Umm al-Qaywayn] and Sooltan bin Suggur [Shaikh Sulṭān I bin Ṣaqr al-Qāsimī], Shaik of Rassul Khyma [Ra's al-Khaymah]Deployment of British ships in the GulfThe strength and influence of Fysul [Amīr Fayṣal bin Turki bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Sa‘ūd].The item includes a contents page, and the title page of the item contains the following references: ‘Coll No [Collection Number] 1, Draft 558, P.C. [Previous Communication] 4291, [Season 18]44’ and ‘Examiner’s Office’.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with f 396 and terminates at f 499, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the bottom right corner of the recto side of each folio.Pagination: the volume also contains an original pagination sequence.
10. 'File 14/155 I, succession to the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi, 1909 - 1921; 147/127 I Succession to the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Qaiwain, 1909 - 1929'
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- Abstract: This file contains correspondence relating to the succession to the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi, 1909 - 1921; and correspondence relating to the succession to the Shaikhdom of Umm al Qawain 1900 - 1929.The main correspondents are: the Residency Agent, Sharjah; Political Resident Persian Gulf; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al-Thani, Chief of Abu Dhabi; Shaikh Saqar bin Zaid, Chief of Abu Dhabi.Letters discuss the importance of new ruling Shaikhs continuing to adhere to the agreements signed by their forebears with the British concerning maritime peace; also the procedure for gaining this compliance and the delivery of copies of the agreements if necessary. A letter in 1927 from the Political Resident to the Shaikh Sagar bin Zaid notes the dispatch of an Arab force by sea which contravened the agreement.Physical description: Foliation: The sequence commences on the first folio and concludes on the back cover. The sequence consists of uncircled pencil numbers located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio.
11. ‘Persian Gulf single charts.–Memoir.–Lieut. Houghton’
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- Abstract: The volume contains a ‘memoir’ written by Lieutenant Michael Houghton, draughtsman on board the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, which consists of a description of places encountered during the East India Company’s survey of the Persian Gulf during the 1820s. The memoir covers the survey’s journey in a southwesterly direction along the Arab coast of the Gulf, between Moosendem [Musandam] and Debay [Dubai], and taking in the principal settlements of Shaum [Ash Sha‘m or Sha’am], Ul Umrah [Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’], Raumps [Ar Rams], Rasel Khyma [Ra’s al-Khaymah], Ul Umrah [Al Jazīrah al Ḩamrā’], Amulgawein [Umm al-Qaywayn], Aymaun [‘Ajmān] and Sharja [Sharjah]. At the front of the volume is a note written by Lieutenant John Michael Guy, Lieutenant Commanding the Honorable Company’s ship Discovery, and Officer in Charge of the Persian Gulf trigonometric survey (f 3), and a preface written by Houghton (f 4).The main body of the account provides observations of:landscape topography, including capes, mountains, inlets, bays, flora and fauna;landscape geology, including unusual rock formations, mineral deposits, ‘trap’ (igneous rock), and soil, leading at times to conjectures by the author on the historic formation of the geological landscape and its changing sea levels, with reference to the theories of contemporary scientists including Erhard Georg Friedrich Wrede and Christian Leopold von Buch;hydrography, including depths in fathoms, water currents, backwaters, and accessibility of waterways and their danger to vessels;human settlements, the names of which are transliterated into English, with descriptions of their condition (i.e. ‘deserted’), estimates of population size, tribal affiliation, details of the settlement’s chief economic activities (primarily fishing and date cultivation, with estimates of revenue), agriculture (crops and animal husbandry), descriptions of its notable built structures (forts, mosques, houses, tombs) and burial mounds;the various rulers of the region, with reference to the towns and populations they preside over, and in the case of the most prominent rulers (for example the ruler of Sharjah, Sultan ben Suggar [Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr Āl Qāsimī]) descriptions of their character, demeanour and attitude to their English visitors;climate, with details of winds, temperature and atmospheric conditions, with summaries of journal entries recorded between the months of October and May (no year stated, ff 22-24).Throughout the text Houghton makes frequent reference to ‘the expedition’, referring to the punitive expedition undertaken by the Honorable Company’s Marine to Ra’s al-Khaymah and the surrounding area (widely referred to as the ‘pirate coast’) in 1819.The volume should be read in conjunction with ‘Coast Views taken while employed on the Survey of the Arabian Side of the Gulf of Persia by Lieutenant M. Houghton, Draughtsman H.C. Marine’ (IOR/X/10310) and various maps and charts (drawn by Houghton) relating to the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf, between Musandam and Dubai (IOR/X/3680-3690).Physical description: Pagination: the volume has an original pagination system beginning at 3 and ending at 41. Numbers are located centre and top of each page of text.
12. 'Confdl. 86/47 Umm-al-Qawain Oil'
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- Abstract: The file comprises a letter from Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager for Petroleum Development (Trucial Coast) Limited to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Charles Geoffrey Prior) enclosing a copy of the concession agreement signed with Shaikh Aḥmad bin rāshid Āl Mu'alla ( of Umm-al-Qawain [Umm al Qaywayn]. The concession agreement is in Arabic and English.Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 22; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-4; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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