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IOR/R/15/4/1
- Record Id:
- 040-000241981
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 036-000241980
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00034b
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025675329.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/R/15/4/1
- Title:
- File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence relating to affairs in Sharjah. The correspondence is principally between the Residency Agent or the Political Officer at Sharjah, the Political Agency at Bahrain, and the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf at Bushire (Bahrain from 1946).
Matters covered by the file include:
- Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr, the ruler of Sharjah's proposal to build a fort on the island of Sir Bu Nu'air;
- an intercepted letter from King 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa'ud of Saudi Arabia to Shaikh Muhammad bin 'Ali bin Huwaidin of the Bani Qatab [Bani Qitab] tribe (August 1939);
- a settlement between Shaikh Sultan bin Saqr and Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed of Kalba over the allowance given to the latter;
- fears of Bedouin raids in Dubai;
- a proposal from the Bank of India and Persian Gulf to open a branch in Sharjah;
- the murder of the cousin and rival of the Shaikh of Himriyah;
- incidents of robbery by members of the Bani Qitab and Awamir tribes;
- reparation work carried out on the falaj (pl. aflāj), a network of water channels, at Dhaid.
Folio 12 is a secret memorandum on the Bani Qitab tribe, written by Khan Abdur Razzak, the Residency Agent, dated 6 October 1943.
Folio 51 is a genealogical chart of the Qasimi tribe.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000209245
033-000227426
036-000241980
040-000241981 - 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/15/4 : Residency Agency, Trucial Coast
IOR/R/15/4/1 : File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab) - Hierarchy:
- 032-000209245[0010]/033-000227426[0004]/036-000241980[0001]/040-000241981
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/R
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (50 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000831.0x00034b
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Arabic
English - Scripts:
- Arabic
Latin - Start Date:
- 1937
- End Date:
- 1948
- Date Range:
- 15 Dec 1937-14 Mar 1948
- 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 52; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 2-34; 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:
- File 0205
- Arrangement:
- The file is arranged chronologically.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)