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1. IOR/R/15/1/275

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/275
Title:
File No.14/180 II, Fight between Sheik of Ras-el-Khaimah and Shihuh tribe at the instigation of the Headman of Rams; general situation on Trucial Coast
Scope & Content:
The file consist of two parts. The beginning of the file contains correspondence relating to a dispute between the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah. The main correspondents are British officials in London, Bushire, Bahrain, Residency Agent Sharjah; Shaikh Sa'id bin Maktum of Dubai; Muhammad...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Jun 1934-7 Nov 1936
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/291

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/291
Title:
B Series. POLITICAL 8/5 Jawasim-Shihuh situation (Dibba Affairs) (A Series 14/247)
Scope & Content:
This brief file relates to a dispute involving the Sultan of Muscat, the Shihuh, and the Regent of Kalba over the building of a fortified tower and issues of protection against raiding. The main correspondents are the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Muscat; (Tom C. Higginbotham...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Feb 1941-18 Oct 1944
Extent:
1 volume (44 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/462

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/462
Title:
35/160 (A 72) Murder of Indian by Shihuh
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the case of a British Indian traveller murdered by the Shihuh [al-Shiḥūḥ] as he was making his way from Karachi to Dubai via Muscat and Dibah [possibly Dibba, at the northern tip of the Arabian Peninsula]. Issues discussed include: The itinerary of the British Indian who...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Feb 1936-9 Dec 1937
Extent:
1 volume (224 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/620

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/620
Title:
File 22/12 Situation at Diba
Scope & Content:
The file contains correspondence, mainly between 1941 and 1944 and starts with reports of the building of a fortified tower at the town of Diba [Dibba] (also spelt Dhibah, Daba) by the minority Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] (also spelt Jawasim) inhabitants, subjects of the Regent of Kalba [Kalbā'], for p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
8 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1945
Extent:
1 file (90 folios)

5. 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)

6. IOR/R/15/6/220

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/220
Title:
File 8/38 Muscat State Affairs Qwasimi Shaikh of Dhibba and his Relations with the State
Scope & Content:
This file, like the preceding file in this sequence [IOR/R/15/6/219] concerns an ongoing dispute between the Jawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of aggression on...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
17 Nov 1940-29 Mar 1944
Extent:
1 file (173 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/6/221

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/221
Title:
File 8/38 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: QWASIMI SHAIKH OF DHIBBA'S RELATIONS WITH THE STATE
Scope & Content:
This file, continuing on from the previous file in the sequence [IOR/R/15/6/220], concerns an ongoing dispute between the Qawasim [Āl Qawāsim] and the Shihuh, two tribes residing at Diba [Dibba, transliterated in various ways throughout the file]. The correspondence, which discusses reports of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Jul 1944-17 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/6/246

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/6/246
Title:
File 8/63 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SHIHUH TRIBE.
Scope & Content:
This file concerns the Shihuh tribe of Oman. It mostly consists of notes on the tribe produced by Bertram Sidney Thomas, Wazir to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, which are enclosed in a letter addressed to the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The notes include the following: a preliminary...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 file (26 folios)