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IOR/R/15/2/326
- Record Id:
- 040-000228598
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000228236
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000155
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025920825.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/2/326
- Title:
- File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries
- Scope & Content:
-
The file contains fortnightly news reports on the Trucial Coast, compiled by the Political Officer or Residency Agent at Sharjah. Included are the reports from late October 1939 to early March 1942, when they stop, resuming again at the start of 1945 until the end of 1946.
Each report was sent to the Political Agency at Bahrain and contained important summarised information on the following matters:
- visits of British and foreign notables;
- the movements of Trucial Shaikhs and other tribal leaders;
- local affairs of each of the Trucial Shaikhdoms;
- the hinterland tribes;
- Royal Air Force and Naval matters;
- aviation and shipping;
- American Air Transport Command (at Sharjah);
- British interests;
- medical matters;
- anti-locust work;
- arms traffic;
- weather.
Also within the file is correspondence between the Political Agency at Bahrain and the British Agency at Sharjah regarding matters raised by the reports or the reports themselves.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000228236
037-000228401
038-000228565
040-000228598 - 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/15/2 : Political Agency, Bahrain
IOR/R/15/2/139-916 : Bahrain Agency, Confidential Office Files
IOR/R/15/2/294-341 : File 8 Reports and Returns
IOR/R/15/2/326 : File 8/25 Political Officer, Trucial Coast, Diaries - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0002]/036-000228236[0003]/037-000228401[0009]/038-000228565[0033]/040-000228598
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (185 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000241.0x000155
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1946
- Date Range:
- 11 Oct 1939-23 Dec 1946
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 187; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 1-186 and ff 60-76 respectively; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence.
- Former External References:
- 8/25
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)