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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎63r] (125/322)

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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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Translation of letter No.36/1366, dated 10th imharrarn,
1366 ('>2(4)-12-46) from His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain
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. , Bahrain.
After compliments:
T inform you that we received information last
year to the effect that one of our subjects of the
Buromaih tribe went to the Shaikh of Qatar to make an
agreement for the tribe to migrate to Qatar and settle
there with their families and boats, which latter have
been registered in Bahrain. This information has not
properly been confirmed to us* Recently, 20 days ago,
some of them did go to the Shaikh of Qatar asking him
to settle them in Qatar. Twelve days ago they moved in
four boats from our village TThimul-Hasam and went to Bandar
Ummul Maa, which is one of the ports belonging to Zobara,
which has been under our disposal since a long time. They
landed there and unloaded their luggage with the intention
of settling, your Honour is aware that this port belongs to
Zobara, and that they went without our consent, where the
Shaikh of Qatar has (allowed them) to settle. We do not
approve of it:
Firstly: that it is one of Zobara T s ports, where, for
a long time, no one might live without our
consent, and for wks which we possess title-
deeds which you have seen on the day of our
interview with you.
Secondly: that they went without our consent, so we
request their removal from those places and
properties which we regard specially.
TTsual ending.
NS.

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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.

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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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