'Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government' [‎5v] (15/54)

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TREATY BETWEEN THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT AND SHAIKH
'ABDULLAH BIN JASIM BIN
THANI, SHAIKH OF QATAR,
DATED THE 3 ed NOVEMBER
1916.
Whereas my grandfather, the late
Shaikh Mohammed bin Thani, signed
an agreement on the 12th September
1868 engaging not to commit any
breach of the Maritime Peace, and where
as these obligations to the British Gov
ernment have devolved on me his successor
in Qatar.
I
I, Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Jasim bin
Thani, undertake that I will, as do the
friendly Arab Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi,
Dibai, Shargab, Ajman, Ras-ul-Kbaima
and L T mm-al-Qawain, co-operate with
the High British Government in the
suppression of the slave-trade and piracy
and generally in the maintenance of the
Maritime Peace.
To this end, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir
Percy 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. , has favoured me with
the Treaties and Engagements, entered
into between the Shaikhs abovemen-
tioned and the High British Govern-
rnect, and I hereby declare that I will
abide by ttie spirit and obligations of
the aforesaid Treaties and Engagements.
II
On the other hard, the British Gov
ernment undertakes tha,t I and my
subjects and my and their vessels shall
receive all the immunities, privileges
and advantages that are conferred on the
friendly Shaikhs, their subjects and their
vessels. In token whereof, Sir Percy
Cox has affixed his signature with the
date thereof to each and every one of
the aforesaid Treaties and Engagements
in the copy granted to me and I have
also affixed my signature and seal with
the date thereof to each and every one
of the aforesaid Treaties and Engage
ments, in two other printed copies of the
same Treaties and Engngements, that it
may not be hidden.
III
ind in particular, I, Shaikh Abdullah,
have further published a proclamation,
forbidding the import and sale of arms
into my territories and port of Qatar;
and in consideration of the undertaking
into which I now enter, the British
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