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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎18v] (41/222)

The record is made up of 1 volume (107 folios). It was created in c 1953. 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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Resident to make Isa understand that if he P e! ^ ted to hinfas^hey
mainland they would be free to take such measures d P troyed by shaikh
considered necessary. In 18/8 Zubar 0 t r n ]g95 isa was told that he
Jasim the grandfather of the present that j t W ould not be re-opened."
had " received a final decision on the s J T ^ ^ Convention His Majesty's
In 1913 by Article 11 of the unratihed interfering in any
Government undertook to prevent t nt Ru i er ' s un cle Abdullah visited
way in the mainland ^ Qa tar ; ln i sa should be " permitted and assisted " to
London and requested that his fath , ' . , , • c | a i m a reply was sent by
develop the port of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ^ w ^h ^ the Request was an old one
much consideration but that they could not see their way to
grant it.( ) Hknnte until 1937. Relations between
W Nothing more was heard ot me aispuie unui ^ T^v^lifah
b^k^dcnv^ai^Ae^ufer^o^Qater^atocked^rt^N^'in^m^s^o^whom Submitted
to^im 0 The Ruler of Bahrain then instituted a blockade of Qatar, and all normal
• • u ^ t\xrr» nlfirps exceDt those between Petroleum
communications between the two P 5aces ' ^ p . , t i remained closed until
Concessions Ltd. and Petroleum Development (Qatar) Ltd remamea ciosea uiilu
1944 " Shaikh Hamad enquired when his claim to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. would be consl ^ ld
and expressed a desire to consult solicitors in London on the subject He was told
that his father had been informed as long ago as 1875 that he should dissever
himself entirely from the alfairs of Qatar including Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and that His Majesty s
Government were not willing to intervene between the Ruler of Qatar and the
Na'im tribe ( 45 ) About this time the Ruler of Qatar built a new fort near the rums
of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . Hamad protested but no reply was sent to his letter.
34. In 1944 the 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. Bahrain effected an agreement (Appendix
D (i)) whereby the two Rulers agreed to the restoration of friendly arrangements
between them as they were in the past and Shaikh Salman then raised his blockade
of Qatar. In the agreement the Ruler of Qatar had undertaken that Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
would remain without anything being done in it which did not exist m the past,
which he interpreted as meaning that no further innovation should take place there.
I Salman however insisted that it meant that the new fort there should be destroyed.
This reopened the dispute and early in 1945 the Ruler of Qatar was induced to
remove his guards from the fort. In March 1945 the 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. wrote to
Salman informing him that 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. had never supported his claims
to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . Complaints continued to pour in from him, those between 1946 and
1948 being summarised in a note forwarded by 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 latter
year ( 46 ) In March of that year Salman forwarded some rather vague details of the
property and rights which he claimed (Appendix D (ii)). A copy of his letter was
forwarded to the Ruler of Qatar who rejected the claims as being out of date and
made regardless of changes which had taken place in the course of many years. In
his representation to the Secretary of State Salman stated his case more broadly
(Appendix D (hi)) and it is interesting to note that he only asked to be allowed to
hold the land he claimed " in private ownership for ever " and that he expressed
his willingness to renounce all oil rights in it in favour of the Ruler of Qatar,
pointing out that he had never claimed such rights. It is thus clear that at that time
he made no claim to sovereignty over the land in question.
35. The terms of the reply to be sent to this representation remained under
discussion for many months and in the event no reply jwas ever sent. At the
beginning of 1949 Salman agreed that if his people were allowed to settle in
Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. the Ruler of Qatar should exercise jurisdiction over them and asked that
he might be permitted to appoint a representative to argue his case with the Foreign
Office in London.( 17 ) This was agreed to and he appointed Mr. Ballantyne, a lawyer
who was at that time the Bahrain Petroleum Company's representative in London,
( 44 ) I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 4362/36 of June 24, 1936 (E 3843/260/91 of 1936).
( 45 ) I.O. to F.O. P.Z. 4666/37 of July 16, 1937 (E 4104/2382/91 of 1937).
( 46 ) P.R. to F.O. Despatch 108 of July 14, 1948 (E 9804/276/91 of 1948.)
C 7 ) P.R. to F.O. 163/3/49 of February 3, 1949 (E 1963/1084/91 of 1949)

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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat

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1 volume (107 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 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. The foliation sequence continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).

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