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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎69r] (137/322)

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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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CONFIDENTIAL.
D.O. No.C/800.
POLiriCAL AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHRAIN.
The 15th of July, 1947.
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Please refer to our conversation of the 12th of
July about the Bahrain-Qatar dispute, and the correspondence
concerning it ending with my demi-official letter No.c/698,
dated the 15th of June, 1947, to Sir Rupert Hay.
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2. The letter referred to by you (a^ 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 the enclosure to my letter to Sirimpert Hay just quoted
must have been your letter No .C/208, dated the 16th February,
1947, to the Shaikh of Qatar, of which I enclose a copy. I
also enclose copies of the correspondence which ensued between
myself and the Shaikhs of Bahrain and Qatar as a result of the
issue of that letter.
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3. You will note that in his letter No.522 dated the 26th
of March, 1947, the Shaikh of Bahrsn.n refers to "paragraph 5
of your predecessor's letter No.C/^24, dated the 9th March,
1947" which is again the same as the enclosure to my demi-
official letter to Sir Rupert Hay; and it might be possible to
argue that my letter No.c/363 disposed of the point concerning
the "privileges" of the Shaikh of Bahrain's people in Qatar.
This, however, is not a very cogent argument since it is one
thing to promise the Shaikh of Bahrain "every hospitality and
a good reception" in Qatar, and an entirely different matter to
admit that he has "privileges" in Qatar. ^ v
4. You will note also that in coramunJrcatiiig the contents of
the Shaikh of Qatar's letter dated the i5th of May, 1947, to the
Shaikh of Bahrain (in my letter N0.C /6IV dated the 24th May,
1947) I omitted the Shaikh of Qatar's references to the Naim.
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5. i s translated in Elias's dictionary as
"characteristic; a distinguishing trait, quality, or property".
And if this be taken as an exhaustive translation, it is diffi
cult to say how it can mean "privilege" or "position". I am
assured, however, by the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. interpreter that it does do so,
and Elias's English-Arabic dictionary gives it as one translation
of "privilege".
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Hon'ble Lt-Col. A.C.
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.
Galloway,
C.I.E., O.B.E.,
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bahrain.
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)
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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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