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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [70r] (139/322)
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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Copy of
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's (Colonel Gallov/ay)
letter No.c/208 dated 16.2.'47 to the Ruler of Qatar.
Our friend Shaikh Salman al-Khalifa tells rae that
Your Excellency recently appointed bin Othraan to accompany
a messenger from Shaikh Salman to visit some of the villages
on the west coast of Qatar. Your Excellency's representative
gave the people in certain villages your verbal instructions
that they were not to molest Shaikh Salman's people in the
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
region and that they should not be prevented from
importing food from Bahrain free of duties.
2. This is what has come to my hearing and if the report
is correct the news is good. I should be grateful if you
would let rae know actually what did happen.
(2)
Copy of translation of letter dated 14th Rabi ath-Thani, 1366
(6.3.'47) from the Ruler of Qatar 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.
.
(O
yv.
Reference your letter No.C/108 dated the 16th
February, 1947 (26th Rabi al-Awwal, 1366).
,Ve have been pleased to hear that you have realised that
we have been and still doing our utmost to maintain the ties
of friendship and amity with the neighbouring States. Your
Excellency may recollect the discussions which took place
between you and bur son, Hamad, during your visit to Doha, at
the beginning of Sha'ban, 1366 (July, 1946), when you asked
our opinion in case some of Shaikh Salman's servants and dis
tinguished people visited Qatar; - to which I replied that
Shaikh Salman's servants and people would receive every hospi
tality and good reception from us, as it had been the case when
any of our distinguished people and servants visited Bahrain.
V /henever they visit (Qatar) they will get what is necessitated
by the duty of friendship, of hospitality and good reception.
Therefore, I sent Bin Othman to arrange what I had stated to
Your Excellency in this respect. O'Your Excellency, be sure
that it is our desire that full co-operation, fast'friendship
and amity should continue to the extent demanded by circum
stances.
(3)
Copy of
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.
's letter No.c/363 dated 17.3.'47 to
the Ruler of Bahrain.
referring to paragraph 5 of my predecessor's letter
No.C/3'24, dated the 9th of March, 1947, I have the honour to
state that a reply has been received from the Shaikh of Qatar
to the letter which my predecessor wrote to him. In this
letter Shaikh Abdullah states that any of Your Highness's
servants and people who visit Qatar will receive every hospi
tality and a good reception from Shaikh Abdullah, and they will
be given the hospitality and welcome demanded by friendship;
and the Shaikh of Qatar adds that it "is his desire that full
co-operation, fast friendship and amity should continue as
demanded by circumstances.
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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 View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- 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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence