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'Treaties and Undertakings etc in force between the British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain, 1820-1914' [27v] (54/146)
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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2
No. 2.
TRANSLATION OP THE GENERAL TREATY WITH THE ARAB
TRIBES OE THE PERSIAN GULE, 1820.
I n the name of G od, the merciful, the compassionate !
Praise be to God, who hath ordained peace to be a blessing to his creatures.
There is established a lasting peace between the British Government and the
Arab tribes, who are parties to this contract, on the following conditions:—
A rticle 1.
There shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy by land and sea on the
part of the Arabs, who are parties to this contract, for eyer.
A rticle 2,
If any individual of the people of the Arabs contracting shall attack any
that pass by land or sea of any nation whatsoever, in the way of plunder and
piracy and not of acknowledged war, he shall be accounted an enemy of all
mankind and shall be held to have forfeited both life and goods. An acknow
ledged war is that which is proclaimed, avowed, and ordered by government
against government; and the killing of men and taking of goods without
proclamation, avowal, and the order of a government, is plunder and piracy.
A rticle 3.
The friendly (literally the pacificated) Arabs shall carry by land and sea a
red flag, with or without letters in it, at their option, and this shall be in a
border of white, the breadth of the white in the border being equal to the
breadth of the red as represented in the margin (the whole forming the flag
known in the British Navy by the title of white pierced red), this shall be the
flag of the friendly Arabs, and they shall use it and no other.
A rticle 4.
The pacificated tribes shall all of them continue in their former relations,
with the exception that they shall be at peace with the British Government'
and shall not fight with each other, and the flag shall be a symbol of this only
and of nothing further.
A rticle 5.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs shall all of them have in their possession
a paper (Register) signed with the signature of their Chief, in which shall be
the name of the vessel, its length, its breadth, and how many Karahs it holds.
And they shall also have in their possession another writing (Port Clearance)
signed with the signature of their Chief, in which shall bs the name of the
owner, the name of the Nakhoda, the number of men, the number of arms from
whence sailed, at what time, and to what port bound. And if a British or
other vessel meet them, they shall j^roduce the Register and the clearance.
A rticle 6,
^ The friendly Arabs, if they choose, shall send an envoy to the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with the necessary accompaniments, and he
shall remain there for the transaction of their business with the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
;
and the British Government, if it chooses, shall send an envoy also to them in
like manner; and the envoy shall add his signature to the signature of the
Chief in the paper (Register) of their vessels, which contains the length of the
vessel, its breadth, and tonnage; the signature of the envoy to be renewed
every year. Also all such envoys shall be at the expense of their own party.
A rticle 7.
. ^ an y faibe or others, shall not desist from plunder and piracy, the
inendly Arabs shall act against them according to their ability and circum
stances, and an arrangement for this purpose shall take place between the
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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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- '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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