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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎40r] (79/322)

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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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CCMFIDENTIAL
D.O. No. 800 - S.
19/243.
MO
PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. RESIDENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. ,
BAHRAIN,
the 2nd May| 1947,
S'9
Your demi official letter No. C/499, dated
the 28th April. 1947, regarding the Shaikh's letter of
complaint about Ranee.
2. Reference 2(iii) if I remember rightly I
told you that I should probably send the Shaikh's letter
to you for disposal and inform him accordingly. This is
what I have done.
3. Reference paragraph 3. I do not agree with
your interpretation of the passage you quote. The phrase
"which have been brought to your notice" refers back, in
my opinion, to "affairs" only. The real meaning will
probably be clearer from the original Arabic which is now
in your possession.
4. I agree with you that the tone of the Shaikh's
letter is objectionable. It was obviously written in haste
and there may have been a genuine misunderstanding of the
real position.
6. I leave it to you to decide how to deal with
the letter. If you consider it desirable to seek my advice
you will no doubt do so. One possible course would be to
take the counter-offensive by complaining of the insult
offered to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. by the arrest of a messenger on his
way to it with a letter from a ruling Shaikh.
Yours sincerely,
J. Felly, Esquire, O.B.E., I.C.S.,
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.

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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)
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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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