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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [134r] (267/322)
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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My dear Friend,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your Highness
letter of the 24th June 1948 on the subject of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and to
reply as follows:
2* I have personally studied the history of this case and
know how deeply your Highness feels about It. I cannot, however,
refrain ^rom pointing out that repeatedly over many years, you
and your predecessors have been Informed that His Majesty's
Government could not recognise any right of the Huler of Bahrain
to interfere on the mainland, and, in particular, that his claims
to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
could not be supported. I am glad to see that your
Highness, in the letter that you have addressed to me, hcs
specifically renounced any claim to sovereignty over
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
.
You allege that the Shaikh of Qatar is not carrying out
the agreement which he made with you in 1944 through the good
offices of H.B.M* s
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.
and ask that he should be
I ■ B I '
compelled to do so. From the reports I have received on this
subject it would appear that your Highness and the Shaikh of Qatar
each interpret the agreement in a different manner, that the
agreement is so worded that it is difficult to say which inter
pretation is correct and that it is not clear that the Shaikh of
Qatar has broken the agreement according to his interpretation of
it. Though in these circumstances it is difficult to charge
him with a breach of the agreement I am naturally disturbed that
bad relations should exist between two such loyal friends of the
British Government as your Highness and Shaikh Abdullah, and am
most anxious that the dispute between you should be settled in an
amicable manner. I am accordingly instructing my officers to
do everything they can with this object in view. At the same
time I would point out that your Highness and Shaikh Abdullah are
both equally entitled to His Majesty's Government 1 s protection
and that His Majesty's Government cannot favour one as against
the other. In particular the sovereignty of th^ A1 Thani
family over the whole of the Qatar peninsula has been recognised
for many years by His Majesty's Government and Shaikh Abdullah
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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
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