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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah' [‎183r] (380/462)

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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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CONFIDENTIAL .
D•0•No•C/733•
The political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Bahrain.
Dated the 11th July, 1946.
1
^ill you please refer to you demi -ori icial
letter No. C /294 dated the>15th June, 1946.
2. J am afraid that I cannot add much of use at
this period of time to the description of the status quo an.e
the years 1936 and 1937 and might point out that the position
was so nebulous that a clear description is, I should say,
impossible. Up to 1936 certain of the Nairn tribe over whom
the Shaikh of Bahrain claimed sovereignty used to graze taeir
flocks at Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. without hindrance and paid taxes to neither
Shaikh. To this might be added that certain members of the
Ai Khalifah used to live at Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and brought their camels
and herds over from Bahrain to graze seasonally and occasional.!
Also members of the Al Khalifah family used to proceed to
Qatar for shooting trips. This situation was changed by
Shaikh Abdullah's action, which was prompted by a movement in
the oil world when Messrs. Lermitte and Dickson of petroleum
Concessions Limited visited Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , one by land and the
other by sea, while making a preliminary survey for a port
for landing equipment on the west coast of the Qatar penir.su _ci.
Major Hickinbotham was 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. at the time and his
account was forwarded to 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. under Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. letter
No. C /333-4/13 dated the 3rd May, 1937. fo"' V ^ -
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His Majesty*s Government has agreed long^since
f that Qatar has the greater claim to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and the situation
cannot, I think, be put better than was done by Sir Trenchard
Fowle in his telegram No. 680 dated the 4th July, 193 . The
Government of India agreed with Sir Trenchard Fowle»s
conclusions, but did not authorize a final closing of the
Bahrain Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. claim, vide Government of India telegram No.
1562 dated the 6th July, 1937. It can be said, therefore,
that Qatar's claim to sovereignty over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. is ofjic-aliy
■ ' - recognised.
4. I do not think that anything has transpired
since that decision was taken to alter the position. The
Shaikh of Bahrain talks large about the graves of his
ancestors, but Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah was most scorniuJ
and said that he knew of no more than two, or at the most
three, Al Khalifah graves in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . He said that they
belonged to the dead and would continue to do so and that
no one would interfere with them. There are Al Thani buried
under the petroleum Concessions Limited tennis court at
Jufair, but that does not give the living Al Thani any right
to play tennis on the P.C.L. courti
5 # - with regard to the tower at Jalat Marir, it
is not accurately speaking the main bone of contention, it
is rather the evidence of sovereignty built by Shaikh Abdullah
bin Jassim some time after the 193 r/ incident, and it grea-l>
The Hon'ble Lt.-Colonel W.R.Hay, C.S.I.,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, Bahrain.
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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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