'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [214r] (442/460)
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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encountered eachother on the coaet of M Wakrah ( a
village o Qatar) . Here tlie A1 Khalifah force wac defeat
ed and t '.e men were detained as prlsonere until their •
impriron^d Amir yrao liberated. This was immediately
done, as t e Kuler of Bahrain liberated Qasim and sent
him to his territory with honour and lieu of this
their Lhaifchs were liberated. A short time after the
occurence of these erents ,;uhammad bin j'hani died and
after hir death hit eon i aslm succeeded him as ruler.
Ali and
Aleo /hir brother uhammad died after some
events having taken place between the two brothers and
Lhaikh Isa then became the Huler of Bahrain, and his
paternal cousin Nasir bin .ubarak M Khalifah fought him
on account of the rule of Bahrain and some skirmishes
took place between them and upon this Shaikh Isa passed
orders for deportation of iiasir from Bahrain and hir p are
of property to be occupied. Kasir then took shelter
with Shaikh Qasim bin Thani and asked his help and he
helped him accordin to the cup torn of Arabs and ill-feel in*
existed for a long time between the Rulers of both tahrain
and C v atar for the reasons stated above.
he Kuler of , t atar then immediately fitted a
sailing battle phip taking .asir A1 Khalifah to ahrain.
When Shaikh Isa learnt the news he was terribly affraid
and asked the >ritish government through their Political
Arent for help and this officer communicated with the
Turkish Government at -ana through tneir Commispioner,
Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
and after exchange of some communications
between the two, the
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.
got into a man-of-war
and sailed out to encounter the above mentioned sailing
battle ship v/hich was coming to lahrain. hen those
neor^le (of Qatar) came to now the facts t. ey with ire-",
back with their shi 1 - in orier not to meet the British
ships and ais the war the nearert port to t er
they took sheltc 1^ it and yet t e -ritish s
ips
The branch of the British Government of India with responsibility for managing political relations between British-ruled India and its surrounding states, and by extension the Gulf, during the period 1937-47.
persved
them up to theis, and fired some sliells after giving t em
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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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