'Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government' [7v] (19/54)
The record is made up of 1 volume (23 folios). It was created in 1926. 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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No.
PROCLAMATION.
Eo it known to all who may see this ;
Whereas it has become known to ns
that traffic in arms into British India,
Persia, Kuwait, Bahrain and the Trucial
Coast is prohibited.
I, the undersigned, 'Abdullah bin Jasim
bin Thani, Shaikh of Qatar, have decided
to do all in my power to assist the
British Government in putting a stop to
this illegal traffic, and I hereby declare
that, from the date of this proclamation,
the importation and sale of arms,
cartridges, and all munitions, into our
territory, and the exportation of the same
to other places, are absolutely prohibited.
All arms and ammunition, imported into
Qatar territory or exported therefrom,
will, in future, be liable to seizure and
confiscation.
That it may not be hidden.
(Signature and seal of)
'ABDULLAH BIN JASIM AL THANI,
Chief of Qatar.
Dated at A1 Bida; 6th Moharram
1335 (Srd November lUIG).
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The volume is Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government (Calcutta: Government of India Press, 1926). The volume contains transcripts of treaties and agreements dated 1915 to 1925 relating to Najd, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Trans-Jordan, and Kaf.
The texts of some of the treaties and agreements appear in both English and Arabic in vertical parallel columns.
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- 1 volume (23 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of the treaties and agreements recorded towards the front of the volume, on folio 3.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 25 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. An original printed pagination sequence is also present in the volume. The following folio folds out: f. 15.
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- 'Treaties and Agreements between the British Government and Certain Arab Rulers and Agreements between the Said Rulers inter se Affecting the British Government'
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- 7v
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- Government of Qatar
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