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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [65r] (146/460)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1913-30 Jan 1920. 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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m*Q ^%r : ^ :• 'C It Ol-iin W'S f y: V: avx* 3 V• ? -g;*-; -
iT t 0 f fl3l 1 P"*!'/ ia 1868 ' • . :• 1 1 ci it
, Iju«" v'7 4 ^ ^ ^ ^4-- t)y the Chief •f Bldaa, and the
manner •f payment (ride para 69, p. li ef Secret precis of
Bahrain Affairs)#
The tribute was enly paid fer tw# er three yean, and, en
the Shaikh raising the question again in 1875, (vide p. 35)
Government laid down that he aheuld be discouraged as much
as possible from Interfering in complications on the mainland
Again Government ordered (lio«X704 SA of 3ist2 July 191.5
that, in view of article 10 of the draft Anglo-Tui^lsh con-
-ventlon, this claim If revived should be firmly resisted,
from the incomplete records I have seen I have received the
Impression that OovernMmt's action both In 1875 and 1915
was dictated by expediency# The decisive factor -Turkish
interests- having ceased to exlst^ we are now at liberty to
consider the case on its merits#
As the Shaikh Is certain te raise the Question when we come
to make an agreement with Qatr, It would be as well to examia
It now, I will accordingly asx Colonel Knox to obtain a
oopy of Colonel Pelly^ agreement ef 1868 as the whole matter
turns mi the question whether the extinction tef the Turks of
the Bahrain right to tribute as arranged by us was an act of
aggression from which we were bound to protect the Shaikh#
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, as well as reports by Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo.
These correspondence and reports concern Britain's relations with the Āl Thānī family in the context of the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and the nature of a possible treaty with Qatar; reports by Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo concerning the death of Shaikh Jāsim in 1913 and the succession of his son, Shaikh ‘Abd Allāh (folios 22-33); the withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from al-Bida‘ (Doha) in 1915 (folios 71-99); and the progress of the First World War and the Tangistan affair (folio 90).
The latter part of the file concerns the state of the pearling industry in Qatar; the case of a pearl thief in 1915, involving the Shaikhs of Qatar, Bahrain and Sharjah; and relations between Qatar and Bahrain as told by Ṣāliḥ al-Māni‘ (folios 213-217). In addition, there are details concerning the conclusion of the Anglo-Qatar Treaty on 3 November 1916 (folios 201-208).
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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This file is arranged in approximately chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has two foliation numbers in the front top right hand corner of each folio. The primary number is enclosed by a circle and begins on the first page. The secondary number is not enclosed by a circle, appears on the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left hand corner of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the page, and begins on the first page of text.
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- Title
- 'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 2r:21v, 34r:36v, 38r:38v, 40r:42v, 44r:61r, 62r:81v, 82v:86r, 87r:110r, 111r:113r, 114r, 115r:120v, 123v:130r, 131r:142v, 143v:145v, 146v:154v, 156r:171v, 172v:176v, 177v:178v, 180r:189v, 191r:194r, 195r, 196r:199r, 200r:222v, back-i
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