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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [‎239r] (485/543)

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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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4 /-
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Confidential*
No. C/56o-i/12
Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Ealirain, the 21st July 1937
From
Captc.in 1. Hiekinbothaei, I.A.,
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*
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.
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose two letters from
the Shaikh of Qatar in original dated the 11th July 1937
and the 17th July 1937 together with copies of two letters
of similar dates to my adaress.
2. I further enclose a letter wnich I have now addres
sed to the Ruler of Qatar in ansv^er to his letters to me*
3. With regard to his allegation that he has found
among the arras that he has taken from his alleged rebel
subjects a certain number which he states bear the Bahrain
Government mark. I suggest that I address a letter to His
Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain informing him of the alle
gation of the Shaikh of Qatar and asking him if he can
explain how this could have occurred. I feel that the
answer that will be given by the Bahrein Government will
probably be to the effect that the Shaikh of Qatar has
been making var on the tribesmen of His Highness the
Ruler of Bahrain and that the arms that they had in their
stamp as they v/ere given to them as Bahrain subjects well
before tnere were hostilities between the Naim and the
Ruler of Qatar.
possession would naturally bear the Bahrain Government

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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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