'58/1, 3, 4. Qatar – Miscellaneous'
IOR/R/15/1/550
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The record is made up of 1 file (19 folios). It was created in 7 Nov 1903-24 Jan 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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This file contains miscellaneous correspondence relating to Qatar from 1903 to 1934. It includes:
- Folios 2-4: 'No. 238 of 1903' from John Calcott Gaskin, British Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain [also written in the file as Bahrein], to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, dated 7 November 1903, regarding the disclosures of Shaikh Abdul Rahman bin Salama [‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Salāmah], a resident of Hofuf, concerning the state of affairs in Arabia and the attitude of the Arabs towards the Turks in which he states that 'as regards Katr [Qatar] it was under Shaikh Jassim bin Thani [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī] and his brother'
- Folios 5-7: 'No. 116 of 1904' from John Calcott Gaskin, British Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, to the Political Resient in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, dated 7 May 1904, regarding a request for British protection from Mohamed bin Jaber [Muḥammad bin Jābir] the headman of the Montifik [al-Muntafiq] Arabs who visited Gaskin while visiting various shaikhs, including the shaikhs of Bahrain, Katr, and Koweit [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī and Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ respectively]
- Folios 8-15: 'D.O. No. 141 of 1908' from Captain Francis Beville Prideaux, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, to Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire, dated 9 March 1908, regarding the desire for British protection of the Shaikh of the Sudan [Āl Sūdān] tribe, Sultan bin Nasir [Sulṭān bin Nāṣir], with enclosed extracts of the Diary of the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the week ending 12 October 1906, translations of letters from Shaikh Esa bin Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah] to Prideaux and from Shaikh Sultan to the Shaikh of Bahrain, dated 18 October 1907, and a copy of a minute by Cox, dated 5 January 1908
- Folios 17-20: 'No. 132' from Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain, to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , dated 24 January 1934, regarding the entry of British subjects into Qatar, with enclosed correspondence between Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani of Qatar [Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī] and Loch concerning the case of a British Indian subject, Maharaj Bhojanmal Matanoomal.
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- 1 file (19 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 21; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- English in Latin script
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- Archival file
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- British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.
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- IOR/R/15/1/550
- Former external reference(s)
- A Series: 58/1 A Series: 58/3 A Series: 58/4
- Date(s)
- 7 Nov 1903-24 Jan 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
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- IOR/R/15/1/550
- Title
- '58/1, 3, 4. Qatar – Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 13r:13v
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/550
- Title
- '58/1, 3, 4. Qatar – Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 14r:14v
- Author
- Shaikh Sultan bin Nasir as Suwaidi
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/550
- Title
- '58/1, 3, 4. Qatar – Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- 19r:20v
- Author
- Al Thani, Shaikh Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed
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- Public Domain
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/550
- Title
- '58/1, 3, 4. Qatar – Miscellaneous'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:12v, 15r:18v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence