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'15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS' [‎90r] (184/540)

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The record is made up of 1 file (267 folios). It was created in 28 Feb 1938-15 Jan 1942. 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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D.O. No. C/35-12/15
Dear Sir Trenchard,
Dated the 16th January 1939
This is just a news letter about the visit which I
paid to Qatar last week end*
2. I stayed in the P.C.L. camp at Jebel Dukhan and found
them all very cheerful. They have built a very pleasant small
edmp and have nine or ten people there who seem to get on very
well together and also with the Qatar coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. . They are down
to 2C50 ft. and are setting casing to that depth this week.
erwards they start drilling again into what may be the first
OH horizon. Ih.ro h„ a llttl . g . s Mrig ^ Jt ^
still too soon to so, .h.thor there Is more then . 50 . so
chance of oil. Motions bet.eon the Company ana the shaikh
are no. excellent, after a little difficulty in the late s—.r
whlch Packer succeeded in putting right.
3. 1 went across to see the Shaikh in Rayan and found him
in excellent health and very cheerful. He was extremely affable
and compliments flew about in all directions. I handed him a
translation of the Bahrain counter-claim to the Hawar Islands
dated^the ? 5thJanuary 1939 ? /10 " 1 ‘ a/29 jj and asked hlB > to let me have
f ' his re joinder as soon as he
possibly could. He complained that the Bahrain Shaikhs are
very hostile towards him and are trying to seduce some of his
Bedu from him. As a matter of fact I believe there is some
thing in this as dine of the Naim leaders named Mansur, who is
in charge of the guard a£ the Oil Camp, has been in correspond-
# enC6 Wlth Shalkh AMullah 'Isa and will probably come across
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The Honourable Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Trenchard Fowle, K.C.I.E*,
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.

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The file contains correspondence discussing the ownership and status of the Hawar Islands and the competing claims of Bahrain and Qatar.

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Correspondents include William Rupert Hay, 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. ; Abdullah bin Qasim Al Thani, Ruler of Qatar, Hugh Weightman, 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.

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1 file (267 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the back of the file. There are file notes (ff 259-264) at the back of the file.

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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the back cover with 267; 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. Two additional foliation sequences are also present in parallel between ff 56-188 and ff 189-229 respectively; 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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'15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS' [‎90r] (184/540), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/547, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100026030338.0x0000b9> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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