'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [10r] (19/322)
The record is made up of 1 file (161 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1946-28 Aug 1948. 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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tribe, and offered them the choice of war to the death,
removal to Bahrain, or subjection to his authority. Those
members of the tribe residing.at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
thereupon made
overtures to Muhammad bin Thanl of Bida and asked to be
allowed to H transfer their allegiance to him"*
26. Later in 1896 His Majesty's Government informed
the porte that they could not permit the
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
coast
to be considered to lie within Turkish jurisdiction*
26. In 1896 friendly relations with Qatar were restored
and the re-opening of trade notified in the bazaars.
27. 1903. A Turkish gunboat left Basra to assist in the
warfartrtriiiiBit establishment of guard houses to connect
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and Odaid. The Mudir designate for
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
arrived in Hasa
in this year, but the porte assured His Majesty's Government
later that they had no intention of posting a Mudir for
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
.
28. m 1913 by Article H of the Anglo-Turkish convention
His Majesty's Government undertook to prevent the Shaikh of
Bahrain from interfering in any way in the mainland of Qatar*
29# in 1915 the Turks abandoned Dohah*
30- In 1916 an agreement was signed between His Majesty's
Government and "the Shaikh of Qatar" by which the latter
bound himself to fulfil the various obligations already
undertaken by the Trucial Shaikhs, and His Majesty's Govern
ment undertook to protect him from aggression by sea*
31. In 1922 the Shaikh of Qatar desired to enter into some
closer agreement with His Majesty's Government but the Govern
ment of India were averse to undertaking liability for his
defence against rebellious subjects or invaders from inland.
32. in 1930 the Shaikh again proposed a closer form of agree
ment, and met with a second refusal*
33. in 1935 the Shaikh of Qatar gave an oil concession to
the Anglo-Iranian oil company enabling them to operate
"throughout the principality of Qatar". This agreement was
followed by a "political" agreement between His Majesty's Govern
ment and the Anglos Iranian Oil company.
34.
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
remains almost deserted though tribesmen grazed
their flock in that area and members of the Al Khalifah went
there on hunting trips from Bahrain. Communications between
Bahrain and Zubara continued until 1937. Relations with the
Shaikh of Qatar and Bahrain were outwardly friendly.
35. In 1937 the Shaikh of Bahrain received offers from the
Bahrain petroleum company, Limited, and petroleum Concessions
Limited for the "Additional Area". The Hawar Islands and
other shoals and islands near Qatar were claimed by Bahrain,
and the Shaikh of Bahrain reported to 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.
that
the shaikh of Qatar had visited
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
. in 1938 His Majesty's
Government seemed to have been of the opinion that the award of
Hawar to Bahrain should be balanced by the award of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
to
Qatar (vide paragraph 6 of sir Trenchard powle's note forming
enclosure to
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.
Complimentary Slip No. P.Z.2904/1938
dated the 30th April, 1938).
/36. in
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This file contains correspondence about on-going tensions between Bahrain and Qatar regarding the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. after the Al Khalifa and Al Thani families had signed an agreement (mediated by the British) in 1944. The correspondence discusses disagreements between Bahrain and Qatar concerning their interpretation of the wording of the 1944 agreement and also the emigration of the Al Bu Rumaih tribe from Bahrain to Qatar (without permission of the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa).
On folios 8-4, the file contains a summary of all the key events related to the dispute over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. from 1766 until 1946.
A small sketch map of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and the surrounding area is contained on folio 117.
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- 1 file (161 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a correspondence file bound with treasury tags, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
There are three incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 161, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
f.117 is stored in an envelope (f.116).
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- IOR/R/15/1/372
- Title
- 'File 19/243 IV Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:105v, 106v, 115v:116v, 117v:160v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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