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IOR/R/15/1/286

Record Id:
040-000227730
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-000227427
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000103
LARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100023647378.0x000002
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/286
Title:
Confidential 14/229 I Ras-al-Khaimah
Scope & Content:

Correspondence concerning proposals to create a union on the Trucial Coast to counter the activities of Bedouin raiders. Correspondence also discusses the attitude of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaima who refused to observe the protocol of calling on visiting ships during the visit of the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf. The file also discusses plots in Ras al Khaima and includes the original Arabic and translation of a letter from Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of Ras al Khaimah to William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf requesting the Political Resident's involvement in reconciling the Shaikh with his brother.

Correspondents include the Political Resident Persian Gulf; Political Agent, Bahrain; Residency Agent, Sharjah; Shaikh Sultan bin Salim.

The first folio after the cover is an unfoliated sheet, comprising of page five of a letter, which does not belong with the file. As attempts to reunite the folio with its originating file have been unsuccesful the folio has been left where it was found in this file.

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
038-000227682
040-000227730
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/15/1/239-294 : File 14: Arab Coast and Islands

 

IOR/R/15/1/286 : Confidential 14/229 I Ras-al-Khaimah
Hierarchy:
032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0001]/036-000227427[0003]/037-000227638[0004]/038-000227682[0048]/040-000227730
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)
Digitised Content:
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000103
Thumbnail:
Languages:
Arabic
English
Scripts:
Arabic
Latin
Start Date:
1939
End Date:
1948
Date Range:
3 Feb 1939-2 Sep 1948
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Foliation: The sequence consists of pencil numbers, enclosed in a circle, located in the top right hand corner of the recto of each folio. The file also contains former foliation sequences which are inconsistent and use either uncircled pencil numbers or red numbers.

Former External References:
A Series: 14/229 I
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Public Record(s)