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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [‎28r] (60/543)

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The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937. 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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Shailda Nasir bin Atieh and Saleh bin Mana
interviewed me this morning and informed me that they
had again seen the Bahrain representatives, and that
they had not been able to come to any conclusion and
that they considered the negotiations as finished.
I asked them whether the Bahrain Government had put
forward any proposal as the Adviser had informed me
by telephone that a fresh proposal had been put ferth.
They stated that there was no proposal worth consider
ing and that they were unable to accept any proposal
which varied in the slightest from the words of the
Shaikh of Qatar’s demand to the effect that the claim
to Tubarah was withdrawn unconditionally. I suggested
to them that their course should be to inform the
Shaikh of Qatar of the Bahrain Government’s various
proposals but they said that they were not prepared
to do so and I then asked them whether they had re
fused to carry a message in the form of a letter to
Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Jassim and they stated that they
had. I questioned them on this peculiar attitude of
theirs but they merely replied that the negotiations
were now at an end and that they were unable to carry
messages of any sort to Shaikh Abdullah. I endeavour
ed to persuade them that they should do so but was
unsuccessful and Shaikh Nasir bin Atieh.handed me a
letter dated the Xpth June from Shaikh Abdullah bin
Jassim to the effect that he considered the negotia
tions as concluded and that he withdrew his under
taking to the Honourable the 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. from
the time the letter was handed to me* I immediately
informed/*

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This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain).

Much of the correspondence relates to British-mediated negotiations and as such, it consists of letters (in Arabic and English translation) between Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's 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. in Bahrain, and the rulers of Qatar and Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Hickinbotham, Shaikh Rashīd bin Muḥammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe and Charles Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.

The file contains copies of British Government correspondence from 1874-1876 when similar tensions had arisen between Qatar and Bahrain over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 251-263).

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1 file (268 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 219-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [‎28r] (60/543), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/203, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100025783089.0x00003d> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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