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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎126r] (251/322)

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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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To
His Highness Shaikh Sir Salman
bin Hamad A1 Khalifah, K.C.I.E.,
Ruler of Bahrain.
4.^
After Compliments:
I have the honour to ack/iowledge the
receipt of Your Highness 1 letter dated the 24th
June, 1948, on the subject of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and to
reply as follows:
It has been pointed out repeatedly to
Your Highness by His Excellency the Political
Resident and 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 that
the 1944 Agreement is obscure in its meaning
and accordingly most difficult to enforce.
It has been no pleasure for these officers to
hear Your Highness 1 complaints year after year,
to have the subject of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. introduced on
every occasion, and to have it used as a foil
to any suggestion from them regarding the better
ment of your State. At all times and at very
great length both verbally and in writing Your
Highness 1 complaints and arguments have been
listened to and replied to. Although they
have been repeated and replied to in the same
way again and again, in order however that there
should be no possibility of doubt as to my view
in this matter, I must reneat to Your Highness
what has been so often said and written by
His Majesty's Representatives at Bahrain namely
that it is not clear that the Agreement in
1944 stipulated that the position in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
would revert to that existing previous to 1936;
nor indeed is it clear that the Agreement in

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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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