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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [94r] (192/543)
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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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.
, Bushire
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.
, London.
Repeated to Government of India, Simla.
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.
, Bahrain.
Air Officer Commanding, Baghdad
Senior Naval Officer,
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
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No. 662
Dated and received 2nd July 1937.
My telegram No. 616 dated June 23rd (not repeated
to Air Officer Commanding Baghdad and Senior Naval Offi
cer) .
ZUBARAH
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
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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.
reports that ' ’ '^ n "’' between
Bahrain and Qatar have finally broken down and that
hostilities have broken out between Shaikh of Qatar and
Naim tribe.
2.
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.
and I have been at considerable
pains to induce Bahrain and Qatar to negotiate, and keep
these negotiations going on for nearly two months, and to
arrange a truce meanwhile between Shaikh of Qatar and
Naim which Shaikh of Qatar has now denounced as he states
that Naim have not kept the peace.
3. In these circumstances there is no course now open
to us except to let hositilities take their course, vide
paragraph 3 of my telegram No. T/71 dated April 28th.
4. Oil Company (see paragraph 3 of my telegram No.
T/86 May >rd) will not resume operations until autumn
and before that dispute between Shaikh of Qatar and Naim
should have been settled.
5. Our present concern is with safety of British
Indian subjects at Doha (there are none at
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
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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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