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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎66r] (131/322)

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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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POLITICAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHRAIN.
The 15th of June, 1947.
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I am afraid I have
ssued the reply to the
Shaikh's letter a copy of Which was forv^arded with Bahrain
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Memorandum No .c/16, dated the 5th of January, 1947
which was approved in your demi-official^letter no .1079-S,
dated the 4th June, 1947. The reason for this is that
having heard the Shaikh of Qatar on the subject of the
emigration of the Ar Rumaih to TTm al Maa', and having
visited the Ar Rumaih at Um al r/'aa^ and having again heard
the Shaikh of Bahrain at his usual length on the subject,
I believe that the draft proposed by me is unsuitable. The
real point is that made in paragraph 2 of Galloway's letter
No .c /314 and replied to by the Ruler of Qatar in his letter
dated the 7th Jamadah Awwal, 1366 (28.3. , 47). (Copies of
these letters went sent to you with Galloway's demi-official
letter No .c /338 dated the 10th March, 1947, and my demi-
official letter No.C/434 dated the 6th April, 1947.) The
Shaikh of Bahrain, as I must admit was originally^''pointed out
by Galloway in his Express Letter No.C/l376-'0f the 14th
December, 1946, has no objection whatsoever to the Ar Rumaih
emigrating from Bahrain to Qatar; what he objects to is their
being settled in Um al Maa' - in territory which (t think vopy
usually by implication) he claims to be his. My draft does not
deal with this question, and I feel now that it would be rather
/a
The Hon'ble Lt-Gol. Sir Rupert Hay,
K.C.I.E., C.S.I.,
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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bahrain.
•SIE' "ULF RESID ENCY
Mejtt/t/ta

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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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