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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [210r] (425/543)
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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of Ibn Samuel* I asked him if he had complained to
the Ruler of Qatar and he said that he had not. I
told him that in ny opinion if he had any complaint
to make with regard to the people living in Qatar
he should make the complaint to the Ruler of Qatar.
I then took His Highness to one side and strongly
advised him against meddling in any way in affairs
on the Qatar Peninsula. I told him that there was
nothing new in the present affair of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and
that it had already been gone into many years before.
I told him that I considered that Shaikh Rashid should
return to his tribe and that if he had any complaint
to make against his treatment in Qatar he should make
it to the Ruler of Qatar. I explained to His High
ness that he would be very annoyed himself if people
living in Bahrain were to conplain to the Ruler of
Qatar against other persons living in Bahrain, and
that he ^as Shaikh of Bahrain would naturally expect
people living in his country to make complaints to
him and not to outsiders. His Highness then stated
that he presumed that everything that had happened
up to the time of the agreement between Shaikh Rashid
and Shaikh f Abdullah bin Jassim would appear to be
finished. I said that it appeared to me to be so.
He enquired whether Shaikh Rashid should complain to
the Ruler of Qatar regarding any incidents that had
or might occur after the agreement he had made with
Shaikh * Abdullah bin Jassim. I said that I had no
doubt that he should complain to the Ruler of Qatar
with regard to incidents which occurred. I also in -
formed His Highness that the Ruler of Qatar apparently
had/-
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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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- 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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