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'15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS' [‎105v] (215/540)

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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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Translation ol cornments on the statement of the Bahrain
'jovernment in the case of Hawar Islands. Submit tea by the
Ruler of Qatar.
1- The Bahrain Government try to find out justification
xor one action tney dared in the Hawar Islands but they fall
into confusion about the matter. They lose the point and then
have recourse to sophistication and the obliteration of facts
wQ which no one, who has the least knowledge of conditions
which prevailed in these islands in the past, would support
In studying their memorandum and examining its
contents I uici not iind out that they have put forward even
a fraction oi the evidence which can be considereu as sufficeint
proof from an indicative point of view, or a proof which can
be a likely arguement to justify their recent action in islands
whicii form a^part oi Qatar. All that it contained are some-
far ietched allegations which are remote from the truth.
R* The Bahrain Government deny my statement that they did
not occupy tnose islands except in recent nays, and they allege
tnat they Delong to the Ruler^of Bahrain, and that they were
inhabited by tneir subjects for more tnan a centnary. Then
tney recant ana contradict their own allegations and support
my statement in saying that their military detachment was only
recently stationea there.
3. Whoever views this allegation will find it not only
illogical but also far away from sensibility, and will be
surprised by its strangeness and bare-faced contradictory
appearnce. That islands which are so described by the Bahrain
Government, and which they claim as belonging to them ana
inhabited by their subjects for over a centuary, snoula remain
for so long un-occupied by their military detachment and without
any representative, except recently, is an allegation which
makes one laugh because of its extraoruinary strangeness.
It is unnecessary for me to give more instances about
the weakness of this allegation, its remoteness from the truth
and its illogical foundation^because every one who lias knowledge
them.
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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)
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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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