Records of Dubai 1761–1960 - Cambridge Archive Editions

Near & Middle East Titles:
Records of Dubai 1761–1960

ISBN: (13) 978-1-85207-845-4
Extent: 8 volumes, 5,000 pages, including map pocket

Editor: A. Burdett
Author:N/A
ISBN: (10) 1-84097-170-
Published: 2000
Paper: Printed on acid free paper
Binding: Library binding with gilt finish
See sample pages: not available

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Resumé

Eight volumes comprising approximately 5000 pages provide a wide-ranging sequence of key historical documents, evidence of the origins and development of the modern city and Emirate of Dubai.

This new document collection makes available for study authentic original documents - reproduced in facsimile - including political correspondence and reports, letters to and from the Shaikhs (in Arabic versions wherever available), and maps.

The subject matter includes: Ruling Family affairs; rivalries and conflicts with Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and elsewhere; tribal affairs; history of trade, including pearl fisheries; oil development; city development and administration.

Historical Overview

Documentary Importance

The Dubai Municipality, conscious of the special status of Dubai as an international commercial and financial centre, requested Archive Editions to research and publish this original new project. Archive Editions has published many significant works including ´Records of the Emirates´ and ´The UAE: Internal Boundaries´ as well as over 70 other document collections on Arab history.

Arrangement of volumes

Contents Outline

Contents - the main highlights

Volume 1 - 1761-1908

Tribal histories 1761-1854
Beni Boo Ali tribe, 1820-1821
Treaties applicable to the Ruler of Dubai 1820-1906
Failure to restrain piracies 1835
Description of Dubai 1836-1839
Pearl fisheries, 1868
Events within the Ruling Family 1886-1898
Dubai protection over Fujairah, 1902
Dubai-Sharjah feud over Fujairah,1905

Volume 2 - 1905-1932

Death of Ruler, 1906
Review of Rulers 1833-1906
The Trucial flag, 1905
Pearl Banks, 1905
Arms trade, 1908
British clash with Shaikh Butti bin Soheil, 1912
Accession of Shaikh Said, 1913
Dubai as base for port and telegraph, 1913
Dispute over Hatta, 1914
Conflict with Abu Dhabi, 1924
Hostility with Iran following capture of Dubai dhow, 1928
Ruling Family dissension and attempt to depose Shaikh Said, 1927-34
Reconnaissance of civil air route, 1931

Volume 3 - 1930-1940

Affairs of the Ruling Family, 1934-1935: renewal of conflict between the Ruler, Shaikh Said bin Maktoum and his cousins, threatened coup
Shipping interests and activities, 1935, including potential seaplane anchorage at Dubai
The first petroleum concession agreement, 1934-1936
Boundary with Abu Dhabi, 1936-1937
Aspects of territorial waters, implications for pearl fisheries, 1936-1938
Defence considerations in 1939; Protection of the pearling banks and trade, 1938-1940
Ruling Family: beginning of serious quarrel in 1938
Reform of customs organisation in 1938
Aspects of Sharjah boundary dispute, 1938-1940

Volume 4 - 1938-1945

Need for reforms and Ruler´s refusal to introduce these, 1938, crisis between Ruler and opposing notables
New Majlis el Tejara and advisory council, March-April 1939
Questions as to safety of Imperial Airways´ use of Dubai, 1939
Relations between Sharjah and Dubai concerning the exile of ex-members of the Dubai Council, May 1939
Rumours regarding plots to murder the Ruler of Dubai, October-November 1939

Volume 5 - 1945-1950

Boundary dispute with Abu Dhabi, 1945-1946
Escalation of conflict into warfare, 1947
Evaluation of Dubai and Abu Dhabi claims by British Government, further attempts to settle dispute, including offer of mediation from Shaikh of Dhank and Shaikh of Beni Ka´ab, September 1946-February 1947
Renewal of hostilities following tribal raids and looting of Dubai camels, August 1947-April 1948
Effect on oil exploration, with potential oil wells falling in disputed territory, 1947-1950, including detailed solution to the Abu Dhabi-Dubai dispute suggested in April 1949
Sale of Ras-al-Khaimah gardens to Dubai, 1947
Tribal relations: the Manasir threat to Dubai, 1948-1950

Volume 6 - 1950-1955

Meetings of the Trucial Council 1950-1955
Economic affairs; Petroleum affairs: negotiations & agreement for sea-bed concessions 1950-1953
Search for water supplies on Trucial Coast 1954
Development in health care and banking sectors 1953
Internal affairs: activities by nationalists/dissidents, creation of a ´National Front´, 1955
Efforts by Shaikh Juma bin Maktoum and his sons to undermine the regime, and their eventual exile, 1955
Introduction of reforms by Shaikh Rashid, Regent of Dubai, following his suppression of an insurrection by a faction within the Ruling Family

Volume 7 - 1955-1958

Reports on political situation and administrative affairs, including extracts from Trucial States monthly diaries, 1957
Development plans - improvement of Dubai harbour and port, 1955-1956, improvement of municipal building, services, health and education, town police force and revision of Trucial Oman Scouts, 1957
Boundary issue with Sharjah, 1956-1957
Death of Shaikh Said bin Maktoum, accession of Shaikh Rashid bin Said bin Maktoum, 1958

Volume 8 - 1959-1960

Ruling Family affairs: official visit of the Ruler of Dubai, Shaikh Rashid bin Said bin Maktoum, to the United Kingdom in 1959
The issue of exiled family members
Relations with Iran, Qatar, Sharjah, Oman and Sudan, 1959
Local government and development, 1959
Postal services and aviation, including opening of Dubai Airport, 1959
Town improvements and medical development, 1959-1960
Operation and management of Dubai Airport, and related regulations and agreements, 1960
Search for water resources, 1960
Legal affairs, 1959-1960; Industrial development, 1960
Petroleum affairs, 1960-1961

Map List: For maps see map pocket at the end of volume 8

Key documents

Maps

Maps appear in map pocket at the end of volume 8:

01.       ´Trigonometrical Plan of the Backwater of Debai´

02.       Three rough sketches of Dubai, 1910

03.       Map of Dubai/Abu Dhabi boundary dispute, 1949

04.       ´Sketch map of land area of Shaikdom of Sharjah´, showing land boundary with Dubai, 1959

05.       ´Dubai Harbour Proposed Improvements´, c. 1953

06.       Dubai Harbour proposed improvement works, proposed borings, 1956

Editor's Introduction