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51. IOR/R/15/2/1874

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1874
Title:
‘File B/10-6 Claim of K.B. Abdur Rahman al Zayani against Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi’
Scope & Content:
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 clai...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Sep 1936-22 May 1949
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

52. IOR/R/15/2/1875

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1875
Title:
‘File B/10-7 CLAIM OF MANIBAI WIFE OF DHAMANMAL AGAINST SETH KISHANCHAND NATHAMAL OF DUBAI’
Scope & Content:
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 enti...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jun 1937-24 Apr 1938
Extent:
1 file (27 folios)

53. IOR/R/15/2/1876

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1876
Title:
‘File B/10-8 CLAIM OF Rs.2000/- of Ali bin Ibrahim bin ‘Isa al Hyderabadi against a Dubai subject. AHMAD AL DALIL'
Scope & Content:
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 correspond...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
6 Aug 1937-30 May 1940
Extent:
1 file (36 folios)

54. IOR/R/15/2/1877

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1877
Title:
‘File B/10 IX Claim of Maginmal Likumdas of Dubai’
Scope & Content:
The file contains two letters written in both Arabic and English, in July 1933. The first letter is a report from the Residency Agent, Sharjah to the Political Agent, Bahrain about a claim of fraud made by Maginmal Likumdas (also spelt Lakamdas) of Dubai, against a former slave called Sultan Al H...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
25 Jul 1933-31 Jul 1933
Extent:
1 file (4 folios)

55. IOR/R/15/2/1878

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1878
Title:
‘File B/10-10 Claim of Shaikh of Qatar against Salih bin Ghanim Bin Rabi’ah, a Qatar subject’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to a debt recovery claim made in 1942 by Shaikh Hamad, the son of Shaikh Abdulla bin Qasim al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, for money owed to him by Salih bin Ghanim bin Rabi’ah, a subject of Qatar who had since taken up residence in Bahrain. The correspondence ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
11 Apr 1942-22 Mar 1943
Extent:
1 file (23 folios)

56. IOR/R/15/2/1879

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1879
Title:
‘FILE. B/11. KIDNAPPING ON TRUCIAL COAST'
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the investigation of individual cases of the kidnapping and sale into slavery of Arab and Persian inhabitants of Ajman, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm al Qiwin [Umm ul-Qaiwain]. These offences are committed mainly by Bedouins belonging to the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1936-20 Nov 1939
Extent:
1 file (321 folios)

57. IOR/R/15/2/1880

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1880
Title:
‘File B/12 SEIZURE OF A RAS-AL-KHAIMAH BOAT AT SIRRI ISLAND’
Scope & Content:
The file begins with correspondence in 1935 reporting the seizure of a dhow belonging to nakuda Salim bin Abdullah, a subject of Ras al Khaimah, by a large group of Arab inhabitants of Sirri Island, led by Ubaid bin Khalfan al Aqrubi. As a result of their enquiries, the British authorities in the...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
29 Oct 1935-7 Jan 1937
Extent:
1 file (77 folios)

58. IOR/R/15/2/1881

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1881
Title:
‘File B/13 Papers about an Indian who was murdered by a Shihuhi cameleer’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to the reporting and investigation of the murder of a Mohammedan and British Indian subject at Al Shagi in the territory of Ras al Khaimah, on 6 January 1936. The murder victim, who was never identified, had travelled to the Trucial Coast from Karachi via...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Feb 1936-21 May 1939
Extent:
1 file (86 folios)

59. IOR/R/15/2/1882

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1882
Title:
'File No. B/14 V. O. DISTURBANCES ON THE TRUCIAL COAST.’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence in the form of letters, personal letters and meetings’ minutes. The file contains a few sets of correspondence. The first set (ff 4-37) is mainly between the Political Agency, Bahrain, the Residency Agent, Sharjah, and the Political Residency, Bushire [Bushehr]. ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Apr 1936-10 Jun 1939
Extent:
1 file (146 folios)

60. IOR/R/15/2/1883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1883
Title:
‘File B/16 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS REST HOUSE AT SHARJAH’
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence relating to three reported incidents at Sharjah Aerodrome, involving the servants, staff and property of Imperial Airways and its successor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The three cases are: the investigation and conviction of refuelling clerk Muham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
15 Mar 1935-24 Oct 1940
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)