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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah' [‎100r] (210/462)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 21 Jul 1937-14 Nov 1946. 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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the Shaikh of Qatar would not affect the asreement between
Messrs. Petroleum Concessions tiimited and that Kul^r. ihe
somewhat complicated question of adjudication in the Zubara
area was to be solved by each party having jurisdiction over
his own subjects and it was suggested that there might be a
fixed annual quota for subjects of the State of Bahrain
resident in Zubara who desired to import sugar, cloth, and
cereals &c., from Bahrain. Suffice it to say that these
suggestions were only partly acceptable to both sides though
1 regret to say that much time was wasted before this became
apparent.
4. Eventually after many more hours of wasted effort in
endeavouring to reach a formula acceptable to both parties
it occurred to me that the fewer conditions in any agreement
that might bo drawn up the less likely there would be of
trouble being caused by breaches of small and unimportant
clauses. Therefore 1 suggested to the Shaikh of Bahrain
that it should suffice if the Shaikh of Qatar would be prepared
to acknowledge the personal family rights of the A1 Khalifah
to their graveyard and their derelict and ruined buildings
and should express a desire for a return to conditions as
they were prior to the 1936 disturbances. x wrote to the
Shaikh of Qatar on these lines but his reply was not encoura
ging. So i decided to await the return from leave of Khan
Bahadur Syed Abdur wazzak when x would make one last eifort
to persuade him to be what i considered reasonable.
At the end of last month the Khan Bahadur visited Qa^ar
and after a stay of three days returned with the Shaikh of
Qatar's acquiescence in the suggestion that it would suffice
if they returned to the conditions as they were prior to the
rupture; but unfortunately the Shaikh inserted a clause
restricting or in fact forbidding the repairing of the present
buildings or the construction of new buildings at Zubara or
/Qa sr-ul-Muralr
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This file contains correspondence regarding the situation after hostilities that occurred between the Al Naim tribe (supported by Bahrain) and Qatar in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. in June and July 1937.

The correspondence covers the period immediately following the events and continues for several years until 1946. It contains details of British mediation efforts between the two sides and also includes the text (in English and Arabic) of a reconciliation agreement between the two sides from 1944.

The file also contains a translation of an Arabic-language letter published in the Cairo publication 'Rabitat Al Arabieh' (f. 25). The letter is from a Bahraini and argues that the British had sided with Qatar in the conflict regarding Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as they were afraid that if under Bahraini control, the concession for oil deposits near the town would be given to an American (as opposed to British) oil company as had been done in Bahrain.

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1 volume (231 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence volume. There are two 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 title page, on number 1, and runs through to 224, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f.1A; f.126A; f.126B; f.141A; f.141B.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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