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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [‎243r] (493/543)

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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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I.2.4&80/37.
(!.4062/8382/91)
Foreign (jX£lQe 9 3,rt m l
15tii July f 19^7.
J4y dear clauaon,
With reference to your letter I•^•4470/37 of tlie 10th July
a ..out the Sheikh of ^iraln c e cl* ia to Zuh&ra and sovereignty
over the haim trice we concur, ae 2 tioned on the telephone
to-div , in the inoU'uotiona which the 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. are
proyoain^: to telegram to Fowle^
£ # jieckett takes the view that the dispute is one between
two nritish protected elates - two entities which from the
international point of view are really inside the hrltlsh
Empire* It is analogous to a dispute between two E&lay
states and clearly it is the very essence of the position
which we maintain with regard to them under which we eland
between them and foreign powers, that hie Majesty’s
Uovermnent must when neceesary decide disputes between them
and can permit no jnecourse to ary outside autxicrity at all*
3* ?ie also consider it very important that we should be
careful not to do or say anything which might imply that we
recognised any claim by the Sheikh of Bahrain on the
mainland for tlie reason, apart from anything else, that if
the iheikh made good claims on the malnl&nu we should
greatly weaken our case for maintaining the integrity of
the ntar *.©ni aula against Xbn Saud*
4* Incidental ly the Article in the Aoglo-flurkieh
oonveation of 1913, by wiUoh die Majesty’s Government
undertook to prevent the hieikh of baiu*ain from intex'ferin,;
in any way on the foainlund of uitar, is still relevant as
showing our policy with regard to this matter at the tiioe,
even taough it is no longer in force as a treaty
obligation with Turkey*
Toui'S sincerely,
(Sd*) r.V.Breimu.
U*J*ciauson Ksq*

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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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