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'File 10/3 VI Qatar Oil Concession' [‎74r] (159/481)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (234 folios). It was created in 25 Jul 1934-14 Jan 1935. 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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Colonel Pelly on the Relation between the Wahahi Amirs and the Gulf Sheikhdoms.
113. In the general conversations that took place between Colonel Pelly and the i^ara. 74.
Amir the latter claimed sovereignty over all Eastern Arabia, from Koweit to lias
1 Hadd " This land of Arabia," he remarked, " from Koweit through Qatif, Kas
! Kb aim ah Oman, Ras al Hud and beyond, which God has given unto us." He
stated that in previous years the Turks had seized some of his territories, but that
hp did not fear them. . i . -d n
The Resident in the course of his report remarks that the quasi -independent I ara. 11.
pWfrains" along the Arab littoral 4 ' were in fact more or less the puppets ot
the great inland power of Nejd " ; and elsewhere that the Wahabi Government
"dominates the western seaboard of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and that of Oman. It a 1 <l - •
receives tribute, whether in kind or money, from the chieftains of Bahrein, Abu
Dhabi Dibai, Umin al Qaiwain, Ajman, Shargah and Ras al Khaimah It holds an
advanced militarv post at Baraimi, astride between these chieftains and the bultanate
of Muscat, which is also its tributary. . ." He further observed that if the Amir
Vbdullah, who succeeded Feisul in 1865, were enabled to consolidate his pov^c i at p ara ^^3
home and to be assured against our intervention abroad, the result would probably
be that the Wahabi confederacy would directly dominate the chiefs of the 1 irate
Coast; and that all Eastern Arabia, from Koweit to Ras al Hadd, would ultimately,
whether willingly or unwillingly, fall under Wahabi influences."
114 Later in 1865 the Resident, with the approval of the Government of India,
offered to mediate between the Amir and Muscat, and British intervention proved Lor. 1, 464.
necessary owing to the Wahabi activities at Sur referred to in paragraphs 07 and
68 above.
Claim by Wahabi Amir that Proceedings of his Agent at Baraimi were justified by
an Agreement with H.M. Government, 1865.
115 Meanwhile, the Amir, in reply to the remonstrances addressed to him in Nejd Precis,
regard to the Sur'incident, endeavoured to justify his action and defended the §^ 2 ;
proceedings of his Lieutenant at Baraimi on the ground that there existed between ^ ^ 12 65)
the Wahabi Amirs and the British Government an agreement originally ettected No 197
in the time of the late Amir Sand, and again ratified in the time of the present g. of I. to
, m t • Bo., 24.1.66,
ruler, lurki. ^ t No. 66.
116. No trace of any such treaty as that mentioned by the Wahabi Amir could
be found in the Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Bushire or in the records of the Government of India.
The Government of India stated that it would be advisable " for the Bombay
Government to inform the Wahabi Amir that the British Government is not aware
of the existence of any formal agreement between itself and the Amir, but that il
any such document does exist, a copy of it, no doubt, must be in the Amii s
possession, and the Amir will do well to produce it for verification. The Amn
should likewise be given to understand that any encroachment on the territory o
Muscat would be viewed with grave concern.
British Punitive Action against Wahabis, 1866.
117. Considerable subsequent discussion and correspondence took place in regard
to the affairs of Muscat during 1866, and on the 6th January in that year a formal
warning was addressed to the Amir Abdulla, who had succeeded his father Peisul
bin Turki on the latter's death at the end of 1865, with a request for full and written
apologies for the Sur incident. During the month, ^ ahabi towers and ships ueie
destroyed by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Squadron, and in February the forts at Sin were
equally destroyed by gunfire and a severe punishment inflicted on the local Wahabi
tribes. Towards the end of the month letters dated 28th January were received
from the Wahabi Amir, which were followed by the despatch of an envoy to Bushire
with definite proposals of peace.
Wahabi Undertaking of 21st April 1866.
118. The Resident arrived at Bushire on 2Jst April 1866 and interviewed the
^ ahabi representative, whose assurances and wishes appeared to be in all ivspects
satisfactory. The envoy gave the following written declaration to Colonel Pelly:—
" I, Mohamed bin Abdulla bin Maneh, am certain on the following points:
" I am authorised by Imam Abdulla bin F eisul to request the Sahib, the
Ucsident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , to become the medium of friendship between
Imam Abdulla bin Feisul and the British Government ;
3076 G
Aitch. XI1,
No. i, p. 260.
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The volume mainly contains correspondence, telegrams and memoranda exchanged between 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. and the 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. and with the Foreign Office, the Secretary of State for India, the Sheikh of Qatar and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (APOC) on the boundaries of Qatar and the Qatar Oil Concession.

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There is an index at the end of the volume (folios 216-228).

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1 volume (234 folios)
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The papers in the volume are arranged chronologically. There is an index at the end of the volume, (folios 216-228). The index is arranged chronologically and refers to documents within the volume; it gives brief description of the correspondence with a reference number, which refers back to that correspondence in the volume.

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The foliation is in pencil on the top right corner, encircled. The numbering starts on the first page of writing, then 90, 91A, 91B, 92; and then carries on until 233, which is the last number given on the back cover. There is a second foliation, in pencil on the top right corner, starting on folio 27 (numbered 17); and ending on folio 214 (numbered 201).

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