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13. 'File B/10 IV CLAIMS OF MESSRS KUCHBAND DAMODARDAS OF KARACHI AGAINST THE SUBJECTS OF THE SHAIKH OF SHARJAH’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim in 1937 made by Messrs Khubchand (also spelt Kuchband) Damodardas, merchants of Karachi, against two subjects of Umm ul-Qaiwain [Umm Al Qaiwain] and Dubai respectively. The correspondence consists of the following four items: a petition from Messrs Khubchand to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; a memorandum from the Secretary to the Political Resident to the Political Agent, Bahrain; two memoranda from the Political Agent, Bahrain to the Residency Agent, Sharjah. The memoranda concern the commencement of an investigation into the claim, to be carried out by the Residency Agent, Sharjah and reported to the Political Agent, Bahrain.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 8; 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 2-6; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
14. ‘File B/10 IV A CLAIM OF JAWAD BIN ABDULLAH GHULUM HAIDARABADI AGAINST SHAIKH MAJID BIN SAQR’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim in 1936 made by Jawad bin Abdullah Ghulum Haidarabadi, a resident of Sharjah, against Majid bin Saqr [Shaikh Majid bin Saqr Al Qasimi] the brother of the Ruler of Sharjah [Shaikh Sultan II bin Saqr Al Qasimi]. The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah, who investigates and reports the repayment of the debt in 1938. Included in the correspondence are the following original Arabic documents: a petition and statement made by the claimant Jawad bin Abdullah Ghulum Haidarabadi, and a debt bond written by Majid bin Saqr and witnessed by his brother the Ruler of Sharjah.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 10; 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 2-8; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
15. ‘File B/10 V Claim against Lukoomal Devanmal at Dubai’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim for rent arrears, made in 1936 by Shaikh Ma’na bin Rashid [Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Āl Maktūm] and Muhammad Saleh Kadhem [Mohamed Saleh Kazim], the owner and landlord respectively of a shop in Dubai. Their claim is against Lukoomal Devanmal, a British Indian subject and former tenant shop keeper who had returned to Tatta in Sind Province [Thatta, Sindh, Pakistan]. The correspondence, in English and Arabic, is mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah, who investigate the claim and take enforcement action. Included in the correspondence are the following original Arabic documents: a petition from the claimant Muhammad Saleh Kadhem to Shaikh Sa’id the Ruler of Dubai [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm], and a letter from the Ruler of Dubai to the Residency Agent, Sharjah, forwarding the petition to him for investigation of the claim.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 14; 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 2-12; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
16. ‘File B/10-2 CLAIMS OF VIRUMAL VALABDAS OF DUBAI’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the debt recovery claims made in 1933 and 1935 by the Indian merchant Viroomal Vallabdas (also spelt Virumal Valabdas) of Dubai. His claims are against Shaikh Said bin Maktum the Ruler of Dubai [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] and his brother Shaikh Man’a bin Rashid Al Maktum [Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Āl Maktūm], also Arab pearl merchant Salim bin Mussabbah bin Hamudah of Dubai, and the estate of Khan Bahadur Shaikh Isa bin Abdul Latif, the former Residency Agent at Sharjah, who died in September 1935. The correspondence consists mainly of the several petitions made by the plaintiff Viroomal Vallabdas, as well as letters in English and Arabic from Khan Sahib Husain bin Hasan ‘Amad, the officiating Residency Agent at Sharjah, reporting his investigations to the Political Agent at Bahrain. There are English translations of a Tamask (credit note) from 1929 belonging to the defendant Salem bin Mussabbah bin Hamudah and an official record of the oral bankruptcy proceedings against him in 1931, before a Committee of Muslim citizens of Dubai and in the presence of his several creditors. In a letter to the Residency Agent, the defendant Shaikh Man’a bin Rashid Al Maktum refers to the settlement of similar debt recovery cases in Dubai, the current economic crisis and the losses suffered in the pearling industry.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 42; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Three additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 4-11, ff 4-41, and ff 13-41; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
17. ‘File B/10-3 CLAIM OF KAL AHMAD DRESSER AGAINST THE LATE HILAL BIN RAMAZAN OF DUBAI’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a renewed debt recovery claim in 1936 made by Ahmad Gharibi (also referred to as Kal Ahmed), a wound dresser employed in the Persian Gulf Residency Dispensary at Bushire. His claim is against the late Hilal bin Ramazan (also referred to as Hilal bin Ramadhan al Shumais) of Debai [Dubai] for non-payment of dates sold to him in 1932 or earlier. The correspondence is mainly between the Secretary to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah who investigate and report on the progress of the claim. Included in the correspondence is a petition from the claimant Ahmad Gharibi to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, and a letter in Arabic and English from the Residency Agent to Yusuf bin Nasir, the judicial receiver at Sharjah responsible for administering the estate of the deceased Hilal bin Ramzan. Letters between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah are also 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 19; 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 2-15; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
18. ‘File B/10-6 Claim of K.B. Abdur Rahman al Zayani against Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a long outstanding debt recovery claim made by pearl merchant Shaikh Abdul Latif [Shaikh Abdul Latiff bin Shaikh Mahomed Al Abdul Razak] of Bombay against Khalaf bin Abdulla bin Utaibah and Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The claim relates to a pearl transaction dating from 1926, which was originally brought to the attention of the Political Agent, Bahrain in 1936 by Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Zayani of Karachi, a friend of the claimant. Included in the file is a Power of Attorney granted by the claimant to his son Yusuf bin Abdul Latif in Bombay in 1945, to enable him to pursue in the Shaikh’s court in Abu Dhabi or Dubai, the debt judgements already made in his father’s favour by the Bombay High Court in 1939. The main correspondents are the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Residency Agent, Sharjah who investigate the settlement of the debt claim between 1936 and 1939, and then again between 1947 and 1949, in response to further petitioning from Mohamed and Khalid bin Abdul Latif, also sons of the claimant and residents of Kuwait. Two letters and a memorandum by the Residency Agent about an attempted mediated settlement by a committee of merchants at Dubai in 1947, a letter from the Political Agent to Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Zayani of Karachi, and two letters from the claimant’s son Mohamed Abdul-Latif Al-Abdul-Razzak, a pearl merchant of Kuwait, are in English and Arabic.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 54; 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 4-53; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
19. ‘File B/10-7 CLAIM OF MANIBAI WIFE OF DHAMANMAL AGAINST SETH KISHANCHAND NATHAMAL OF DUBAI’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim made in 1937 by Manibai, the widow of the Indian merchant Seth Dhamanmal Jethanand. Her claim is against her husband’s former business partner Seth Kishinchand (also spelt Kishandas) Nathamal, merchant of Dubai, regarding her entitlement to rental income from a jointly owned property in Dubai. The correspondence contains three petitions from Manibai, together with a copy of an agreement made at Karachi in 1933 between her son Chaturbhujdas (also spelt Chaturbhuj) Dhamanmal and Seth Kishinchand Nathamal, which contains the terms of a new lease for the property. Also included in the file are two letters from Seth Kishinchand Nathamal to Chaturbhujdas Dhamanmal at Karachi and to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire respectively. There are other letters, in both English and Arabic, from the Residency Agent at Sharjah who was charged with investigating the claim, to the Political Agent at Bahrain and also to a committee of local merchants. The committee’s valuation of the property, in Arabic, is also present in the file.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 29; 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 2-26; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
20. ‘File B/10-8 CLAIM OF Rs.2000/- of Ali bin Ibrahim bin ‘Isa al Hyderabadi against a Dubai subject. AHMAD AL DALIL'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim in 1938 made by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Isa al Hyderabadi of Sharjah for money owed to him by Ahmad al Dalil of Dubai, a broker, to whom he had entrusted the sale of pearl dust at the end of the diving season. Most items of correspondence are in English and Arabic and include: several petitions from Ali bin Ibrahim bin Isa al Hyderabadi to the Political Agent at Bahrain; a letter from the Residency Agent at Sharjah to the Political Agent, reporting his investigation of the claim; a copy of a letter from the local judge or magistrate who is referred to as the Qasi [Cadi], to Shaikh Said bin Maktum [Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher Āl Maktūm] the Ruler of Dubai, reporting his efforts to settle the claim under Sharia law.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; 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 4-36; these numbers are written in pencil or crayon, and are not circled.
21. 'File B/3 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Shaikh, the Notables and the Political Agent, Kuwait'
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to several complaint cases investigated by the Political Agent, Bahrain. They include: the desertion of his wife by a Kuwaiti subject in 1930; the recovery of money owing to a divorced wife by her ex-husband in 1931; the alleged seizure of goods from the vessel of a Kuwaiti Nakhoda [captain or master] who had run aground in Qatar in 1934; the non-payment of a business debt to a British Indian merchant of Kuwait, by a Bahrain merchant in 1936; and the release from imprisonment in Bahrain of a convicted Government of India employee, in 1949.The correspondence also includes copies of the printed annual statement of accounts for Kuwait Municipality for the period 1936-1939, which are in Arabic.The correspondence is mainly between the Political Agents for Kuwait and Bahrain and the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.There are also several petitions and witness statements made by the claimants and their representatives, including several in Arabic and one in Persian. There are also several letters in Arabic from the Ruler of Kuwait to the Political Agent, Kuwait about some of the complaints under investigation.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 102; 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; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is present between ff 4-101 and is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
22. ‘File B/6 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Political Agent, Muscat’
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- Abstract: The file contains correspondence relating to the settlement of various civil claims referred to the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, chiefly by Omani subjects in disputes over money with relatives or associates currently living and working in Bahrain and Sharjah. There are also attempts by the Political Agent and the Muscat authorities to trace the heirs to family property in Oman following the death of the owners. The main correspondents are: the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat, the Political Agent at Bahrain, the Residency Agent at Sharjah and the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain. Included in the file are several Arabic documents and letters from the High Court of Bahrain, the Secretary of Manama Municipality, and officials of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman.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 145; 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 4-125; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
23. 'File B/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Residency Agent, Sharjah, and notables and Shaikhs of Oman'
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- Abstract: The file contains numerous courtesy letters expressing friendship, congratulations and thanks, which are exchanged mainly between the Political Agent, Bahrain and the Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. The majority of courtesy letters received by the Political Agent, Bahrain are from the Dubai shaikhs, particularly from Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Maktum [Āl Maktūm, Shaikh Mana bin Rashid] who is the cousin of the Ruler Shaikh Sai’d bin Maktum [Āl Maktūm, Shaikh Saʻīd bin Maktūm bin Hasher]. Several of the letters from Shaikh Mani bin Rashid Maktum contain complaints against Sayid Abdul Razaq the Residency Agent at Sharjah.The file also contains a small amount of claims correspondence relating mainly to debt repayment. This correspondence includes petitions received from local merchants and other inhabitants of Bahrain, Dubai and Sharjah, as well as letters from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain reporting his investigations into some of the claims made and any settlements reached. The majority of letters are in Arabic and are also translated into English. Included in the file are two merchant letters in Persian and a short extract from a German ornithological report in 1937, together with an English translation, about white storks.Finally, there is a small amount of correspondence in 1937 between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India regarding legal opinion on the service of summonses in the Trucial Coast shaikhdoms.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 204; 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 2-157; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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