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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah' [‎135r] (282/462)

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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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COKFIDEMTIAL
D.O.No.C/1425.
4th October 1944.
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Please refer to my letter No.C/1424 dated 4th October.
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2. I have little doubt that His Highness 1 letters of the 14th
September and 3rd October will have caused you as much surprise
as they did Belrrave and myself. The letter of the 3rd of
October seems so strange after my letter of the 23rd September
to His Highness that I think you should know how it came to be
written. After receiving the first of these tters I made a
verbal protest to His Highness who seemed surprised at my indig
nation and declared that there was no question of my having
"promised" but only "agreeing to endeavour" and that the letter
must have been mistranslated. This was of course absurd, j .
suggested that His Highness might like to alter the ]e tter to
accord more with the facts and sent it to him the iolxo^-ng
but it y ;as returned without amendment. Jassim bin Kohamed my
most reliable interpreter-, whom I had entrusted with this misrion,
complained that His Highness seemed to wilfully misunderstand his
own language where Zubara was concerned. In view of Kis Highness'
extraordinary attitude I felt that I had no option but to reply
as I did in my letter of the 25rd September.
3 # As soon as was practicable His Highness discussed the whole
affair at the usual distressing length with Belgrave soon after
the latter»s return,and giving him his personal file asked him to
examine the position on Friday the 29th ^September at Jidda to
which place as you know Belgrave normally retreats on the weekly
holiday. Belgrave did as he was requested and being well aware
that His Highness had on more than one occasion declared that he
would be satisfied by the removal of the guard drafted the original
of the letter of October 3rd. This draft reviewed the position
and su 00 ested intervention by myself for the removal of the guard
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The Hobble Sir Geoffrey Prior, K.C.I.E.,
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Camp Shiraz.

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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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