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'File A/6 Nasir bin Mubarak's claim to Bahrain' [‎15r] (48/178)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (73 folios). It was created in 10 Feb 1903-12 Nov 1909. 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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host. decided therefore to give Sheikh ifasir soae good
advice,and I am glad to be able now to forward a transla
tion of a letter dated the 6th 3hawwalI333 ( the 3rd of
December 1905 ) which the refugee has sent to tie on the
lines I suggested to hiu. I told ITasir distinctly that
tJiere was little chance of Oovemaent's pressiru?- Sheikh
i3sa to allow hia to return to Bahrein,but that they would
undoubtedly be glad to hear of the reconciliation if it
could be effected,and that aubmiasion on his part would
at any rate perhaps benefit his descendants after Sheikh
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The volume contains correspondence relating to Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah's claim on Bahrain, and his subsequent attempts at reconciliation with the Bahrain ruler Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah. The principal correspondents in the file are Captain Francis Prideaux, 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. at Bahrain from 1904 to 1909, Major 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. from 1904 to 1909, and Shaikh Nāṣir bin Mubarak Āl Khalīfah.

In letters sent to the Bahrain 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. in 1903 and 1904, Shaikh Nāṣir, who was the grandson of the deposed Shaikh ‘Abdullāh of Bahrain, asserted his right to land on the islands formerly owned by his grandfather; a right that he had maintained since the 1890s. In May 1905 he threatened to give up his land rights to the Turkish Government if the British Government continued to ignore his claims (folios 7-7a). A chance meeting between Prideaux and Shaikh Nāṣir, at Shaikh Jāsim bin Thānī’s camp at Bu Hasa in December 1905, prompted a change in tone, as a result of Prideaux recommending to Shaikh Nāṣir that the British would be more prepared to support a reconciliation between himself and Shaikh ‘Īsá (folios 15-16). Numerous letters sent by Shaikh Nāṣir to Shaikh ‘Īsá throughout 1906 were, however, ignored, leading to Shaikh Nāṣir sending numerous letters to Prideaux, asking for his help. However, the official British line, obtained by Cox from the Government of India in May 1906, was that there were insufficient grounds for British intervention in seeking a reconciliation between Shaikh Nāṣir and Shaikh ‘Īsá (folio 19). Subsequent British attempts to settle Shaikh Nāṣir at Fuwairat on the Qatar coast, with the support of his father-in-law Shaikh Jāsim bin Thānī, were likewise unsuccessful (folio 35). In a letter to Cox, dated 26 June 1908, Prideaux suggested that Shaikh Nāṣir should resign himself to never being reconciled to Shaikh ‘Īsá, and that he should live out the rest of his life quietly as a Turkish subject, without recourse to “rebellions or piratical activity”. (folios 51-53).

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1 volume (73 folios)
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The contents of the volume are arranged in approximate chronological order, from the earliest items at the front to the latest at the rear.

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Foliation: The volume is foliated from the front cover to the inside back cover, using circled pencil numbers in the top-right corner of each recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. . The following foliation anomalies occur: 1a-1f, 7a, 16a, 36a. The following folios are fold-outs: 2, 12, 17, 20, 22, 23, 28, 31, 37, 39, 43, 44, 46, 56, 58, 59, 68-70.

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