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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [41r] (86/543)
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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house in which they had been living as the Bahrain Govern
ment *s guests* I said that I understood that Saleh bin
Mana had himself left the house which amounted in my opi
nion to rudesness on his part. I enquired into the details
regarding Shaikh Nasir»s leaving the house and he informed
me that on a Friday he left the house and on his return he
found the door closed. He had apparently made no enquiries
for the reason and that he had merely heard rumours in the
bazaar that the house had been intentionally closed as they
were not guests any longer. I gathered that he had made
no request for information through the representatives of
the Bahrain Government. It is unfortunate that this mistaJke
has occurred and I am speaking to the Adviser on the subject.
I explained to the representatives of Qatar that they might
rest assured that the Shaikh of Bahrain would not be inten-
that there had been a misunderstanding and that His Highness
the Ruler of Bahrain was very generous and that he would do
no action which might amount to rudeness and that they con
sidered that the mistake was probably due to the fact that
there had been a mistmderstanding at the previous day’s inter
view between themselves and the representatives of the Bah
rain Government. I told them that they should immediately
inform Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Qassim of what they considered to
have taken place and should not leave him with the impression
that the Bahrain Government and His Highness the Ruler of
Bahrain had been intentionally rude to his representatives.
tionally rude to them. They both
that they felt
25-6-37.
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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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- Title
- 'File 4/13 II Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:10v, 12r:15v, 17r:20v, 22r:34v, 36r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:57v, 59r:64v, 66r:75v, 79r:80v, 83r:107v, 109r:111v, 113r:113v, 117r:124v, 126r:126v, 129r:145v, 147r:151v, 153r:153v, 157r:164v, 166r:166v, 168r:213v, 215r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:235v, 236ar:236av, 237r:240v, 242r:245v, 247r:247v, 249r:267v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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