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'Treaties and Undertakings etc in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain, 1820-1914' [5r] (9/146)
The record is made up of 3 volumes (69 folios). It was created in c 1914. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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friendly Arabs and the British at the time when such plunder and piracy shall
occur.
Article 8.
The putting men to death after they have given up their arms is an act of
piracy and not of acknowledged war; and if any tribe shall put to death any
persons, either Muhammadans or others, after they have given up their arms,
such tribe shall be held to have broken the peace; and the friendly Arabs shall
act against them in conjunction with the British, and, God willing, the war
against them shall not cease until the surrender of those who performed the act
and of those who ordered it.
Auticle 9.
The carrying off of the slaves, men, women, or children from the coasts of
Africa or elsewhere, and the transporting them in vessels, is plunder and piracy
and the friendly Arabs shall do nothing of this nature.
Article 10.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs, bearing their flag above described, shall
enter into all the British ports and into the ports of the allies of the British
so far as they shall be able to effect it; and they shall buy and sell therein, and
if any shall attack them the British Government shall take notice of it.
Article 11.
These conditions aforesaid shall be common to all tribes and persons, who
shall hereafter adhere thereto in the same manner as to those who adhere to
them at the time present. End of the Articles.
Signed at Shargah by the Vakeel on the part of the Shaikhs Suleiman bin
Ahmed and Abdulla bin Ahmed, in his quality of Vakeel to the Shaikhs afore
said, on Saturday, the twentieth of the month of Rubee-oos-Sanee in the year
of the Hegira one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corresponding to the
5th of Tebruary 1820.
(Sd.) SYTJD ABDOOL JALIL BIN SYUD YAS,
Vakeel of Shaikh Suleiman hin Ahmed and
Shaikh Aodulla hin Ahmed of the family of
Khalifaht Shaikhs of Bahrain*
Signed at Eas-ool -Kheimeh at the
time of issue by
(Sd.) W. GRANT KEIE, Major-
General.
(L. S.) , ^
Signed and accepted by Suleiman bin
Ahmad, of the house of Khalifah, at
Bahrain, on the 9th of Jamadi-ool-
Awal in the year of the Hegira or e
thousand two hundred and thirty-five,
corresponding to the 23rd February
1820.
(L. S).
Signed and accepted by Abdulla
bin Ahmed of the house of Kha
lifah, at Bahrain, on the 9th of
Jamadi-ool-Awal in the year of
the Hegira one thousand two
hundred and thirty-five, corre
sponding to the twenty-third of
February 1820.
(L. S.)
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Government of India Foreign and Political Department documents: three identical copies, one (volume three) enclosed in a red cover. Volume two is inscribed 'Received under Foreign and Political Department endorsement 147EA of 22.6.16'. The documents contain transcripts of fifteen treaties and undertakings between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain in English and (at the rear of the volumes) in Arabic. In addition to agreements dated by year only, the agreements relate to piracy, the slave trade, arms traffic, observance of treaties, jurisdiction over foreigners, pearl fisheries, post office, wireless telegraphy, and oil. A note at the start of the agreements states that in the event of doubt about the precise interpretation of any portion of the English and Arabic text, the English text was to be considered decisive.
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- 3 volumes (69 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of each volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover of volume one and terminates at 70 on the back cover of volume three. The foliation runs through all three volumes as a single continuous sequence, split between volume one (ff. 1-23); volume two (ff. 24-46); and volume three (ff. 47-70). These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Each volume also has its own separate printed pagination sequence.
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- Title
- 'Treaties and Undertakings etc in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain, 1820-1914'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:22v, back-i, back, front, front-i, 25r:45v, back-i, back, front, front-i, i-r:i-v, 47r:70v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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