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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [‎86r] (176/543)

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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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parties oftroops performing military evolutions on
the shore and coast and shots were being fired. He
estimated that the main body of Shaikh iAbdullah bin
Rasim’s forces was encamped some 15 miles southwest
of Ghariyah and that in addition to a force which is
estimated between 5 and 7 thousands men. Shaikh f Abdullah
has three lorries adapted for carrying troops and six
motor cars. It appears that during the entire visit,
there were numbers of armed men coming and going and
that all the people who in any way had anything to do
with the Bahrain representatives were armed to the tweth^
e.ven the Doha merchants who came to see them on the
last afternoon. I gather that the Bahrain representa
tives had an unpleasant voyage as far as Qatar and that
Shaikh Salman bin Hamad has not enjoyed his proximity
to the warlike demonstrations that were being carried
out 1»/his benefit. It is probable that a large per
centage of the tribes etcetera which were parading, if
one may use that term, before the Adviser and the Bah
rain representatives were used to impress on them,with
a view to their moderating their terms, the martial
strength of the people of Qatar. Mt*. Belgrave at the
conclusion of his talk informed me of the action that
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain was proposing to
take which formed the substance of ny telegram despatched
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. on July the 1st.

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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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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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