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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [191r] (387/543)
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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(Original on Bundle No.53, file Jsio.323-Vol. 15-’’Bahrain
Affairs -March 1875 to June 1876".).
at ion*
rrg nsJ-at ion,
copy*
from - OhaiKh iiJsau bin All al 'haliia,
Chief of Bahrain.
•fo - Lieut .-Colonel ^.C.Ross,
H.B.M* 1 * Politicjf^l Resident in
tne
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
DRted Bahrain 9tujaruadi ui Aval
After Greeting,
Let it be knovn to you that your esteemed letter of tne
25th Habi al Tnani, favoured by Captain Fraser your Assistant,
/f a reached us and its contents nave been understood. Your
express ions of friendship and goodwill render us deeply grateful
as also your counsels wnicn are replete with benefit. After
receiving your letter we called on (japf- in Fraser wno made clear to
us the in ottning and purport of your letter will cn we understand to be
it advisable to prohibit interference in afiairaon the mainland
•nde&v’jar except in subjection; and our purpose is, in conformity
with your order, to abandon tne affairs of Zooarah, and interference
tnereiu, completely. God billing we will not, so long as we live,
engage in any matter disapproved of by Governtaent, nor will ye do
a by thing that may involve us in trouble. But trie British Govern-
®8nt we ^.ve naitner aayimn nor protector.
fne reason of our not interfering in the affairs of 4obarah
tnat Government having a in view our gooa and advantage nad deemed
and ebpecially at dobaran.
We nave obeyed, and followed tue order, and will not
We trust tnat tne British Government will oe propitious to
u a and permit ua to possess it (Zobarah) again for it hafl been ours
rorii ancient times and we nave now yielded of necessity.
hat these matters may be mane manifest to you we have sent
our /
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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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