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'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎140r] (279/322)

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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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fi ZKJxozJi 1 loilicac
Translation of letter dactKl the 15th tiha^an, 1367
(81-6-48) from H ,E. the Rul^r of Tatar to the Political
Agent f Bahrain.
157
After complimentss
I am pleased to refer to Your Excellency's letter
flo«C/426f dp ted the 27 th April f 1948, equivalent to the
19th Jamadah Ath-Thanl, 1367, and to the letter enclosed
therewith from K.H, the Buler of Bahrain contalnlnc most
surprising allegations*
Your Excellency sent me similar strange allegations
before to which I sent a detailed reply (my letter dated the
gSth Jamadah Awwal f 1367 refers), I proved to Your Excel
lency the groundlessness of these allegations and their
lack of authenticity from every aspect. It appears that
His Highness 1 ±x consciousness has not matured enough to
enable him to perceive the changes which events during
the past long years have brought about. In his claims
he always harks back to hundreds of years past without
adverting to what happened after that, and without
realising the present sltuatlor. This line of reasoning
he should apply In his own case; for Bahrain Its*If Is
not - in sny respect - the same as it was during the past.
Your Excellency may remember th^t when you visited
Duha on the 20th April 1 spoke to Your Excellency about
the condition of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. In the past, how it had since
become uninhabited and ruined and how it had remained so
i.e. In the same condition as when Your Excellency saw it on
the P2nd April. Your Excellency must have studied the
conditions as described to you by me and become acquainted
with the position there.
From the above you will see that the allegations of
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain are not based on facts
or logical reasoning and the intellect cannot accept them.
We therefore request Your Excellency not to lend such
statements your attention, as we have no further reply to
give to them as made by the Shaikh of Bahrain without
justification.
Usual ending.

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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.

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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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