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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah' [‎129r] (270/462)

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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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opinion was violently In favour of the upholding of the prestige
of the M Ehalifah. The public are in favour of the present
state of resumed friendly relations and care more for their own
profit and convenience than for the honour of an unpopular Ruler
and his parasitical family. The time has come when His rilgbness
should be informed that far from trying to pick a fresh quarrel
with Qatar he would be well advised to use his best endeavours
to strengthen his relations with his neighbour for should an
official decision ever be given on the Zubara question it would
'almost certainly be in favour of the Shaikh of Qatar. It may
v/ell be that His Highness looks forward to a day when the Bin
Than! family are forced from their present position by their
oppressed subjects and the A1 Khal if ah are called upon to supply
a new ruler for that unfortunate country. If this is so it is
time His Higtiness was brought back to earth for though it is
possible that the Bin Hianis may lose their power in Qatay,
their present iniquities are certainly trying their aibj-^oU
very high, there is no reason to suppose that the A1 Khalifah
would ever be permitted to acquire territory on the mainland.
E. I had addressed a letter, a copy of which forms an enclo
sure to this letter, to the Shaikh of Qatar on the subject of
the withdrawal of the guard from the Zubara fort which however
has not yet been despatched, and I had found the time and oppor
tunity to discuss the question with His Excellency's son Shaikh
Hamad whose health has now much improved. I found Shaikh
Hamad was not in favour of the guard being withdrawn though he
could not put forward any convincing argument for Us Retention.
Shaikh Hamad has assured me that he. will not enoeavour to
influence his father one way or the other and there would thus
be some hope of the Shaikh of Qatar agreeing without argument
to the withdrawal of the guard. However, in view of His High
ness' continued misstatements regarding what I had agreed to
endeavour to do. I would jr efer not to have anything further to
do with this matter and shall retain the letter here pending
your instructions on the proposal made in the following ^para-
ffraph.

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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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