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IOR/R/15/1/235
- Record Id:
- 040-000227677
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000227427
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000d0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023517470.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/1/235
- Title:
- File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident
- Scope & Content:
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This file contains reports and correspondence relating to an attack on British soldiers by Arab inhabitants of Dubai. The reports and correspondence are mainly between Lieutenant-Colonel P. Z. Cox (Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and His British Majesty's Consul General), The Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department at Calcutta and Sheikh Butti-bin-Soheil (Chief of Dubai) and discuss the reparation terms demanded by the British.
The file includes a naval report of the landing at Dubai by armed British soldiers and seamen led by Major Heriot of the Royal Marines Light Infantry, dated 25 December 1910, together with two pencil sketch maps of Dubai drawn from memory, showing buildings, the shore line, military positions and direction of fire during the attack, dated 26 December 1910 (folios 18-25).
The file also includes several letters in Arabic, mainly from Sheikh Butti of Dubai to Colonel Cox, together with English translations. Among them is a witness statement containing an account of the incident, together with the signatures and seals of 83 principal residents of Dubai attesting to its veracity, dated 5 January 1911 (folio 60).
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000227427
037-000227638
038-000227676
040-000227677 - Is part of:
- IOR/R : India Office Records transferred later through official channels
IOR/R/15 : Records of the British Residency and Agencies in the Persian Gulf
IOR/R/15/1 : Political Residency, Bushire
IOR/R/15/1/199-703 : Political Residency, Bushire: subject files
IOR/R/15/1/235-236 : File 9: Arms and Ammunition
IOR/R/15/1/235 : File 9/50 (B 16) The Debai Incident - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0002]/038-000227676[0001]/040-000227677
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (238 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000d0
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- 25 Dec 1910-7 Aug 1912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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There are two different foliation sequences in the file.
Original foliation sequence: every folio in the file, except two folios at the start and end of the file, have been numbered sequentially in the top right hand corner, starting at the front of the file. Folios 1 to 115 are numbered in pencil, folios 116 to 197 in red crayon and folios 198 to 241 in blue crayon.
Second foliation sequence: every folio in the file has been numbered sequentially in pencil, in the top right hand corner, starting at the front of the file.
- Former External References:
- A Series: 9/50
Confidential Series: B 16 - Arrangement:
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The papers in the file are arranged chronologically. There is a rough handwritten subject index on the inside of the front cover.
- Administrative Context:
- On 24 December 1910 a landing party of 64 British soldiers and seamen from HMS Hyacinth entered the town of Dubai early in the morning and searched two houses suspected of concealing firearms. Some of the Arab inhabitants fired on the landing party and a fatal gun battle ensued lasting about four hours. One British soldier and 37 Arabs were killed, with several wounded on both sides.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)