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'File 1/A/5 II Administration: Qatar affairs' [138r] (280/486)
The record is made up of 1 volume (239 folios). It was created in 7 Dec 1937-31 Oct 1943. 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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that the registration receipts brought to him by the oil company
from the Bahrain post office are false. He says that out of the ^
many letters which he sent to the Iraqi lawyer only one reached him
but that the essential parts of that letter were deleted. He said tha'
the company's camp manager suggests to him from time to t± M time
that if he requires an interpretor he should get one through the
P.A. Bahrain but he thinks that such a person would prove unsuitable
because he would always be under the orders of the P.A. and the oil
company and would act in their interests. He thinks that the oil I
company's officials besides being men of great knowledge and
experience are very tricky and he should always be on guard
against their tricks. Therefore he feels that he needs the help of
an experienced lawyer who knows about oil affairs to act as additio
nal Shaikh's representative with the company. He also thinks that
the Rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait are very negligent in having their
local representatives either local persons with limited knowledge
and experience or persons choosen for them by the P.As or the oil
companys. He also wants to engage an interpretor to act as correspon T
dence clerk between him and the oil company and as spare time
English teacher for some of his relatives at a salary of Rs.150/-
plus boarding and lodging. On my enquiring about local education he
informed me that the Shaikh does not like his subjects to learn more
than reading the Qoran and on asking him about the reason he replied
with a laugh "well, you know, clever Shaikhs like to keep their
subjects in ignorance'.' From the manner he uttered this boast it
seemed to me that this is due to his "clever" advice to the Shaikh.
In the afternoon I went to the ba^ar and fortunately met Hasan al
Umaim, a Kuwaiti who was once my father’s clerk at Karachi. He had
been in the service of the Shaikh of Qatar for some years in various
Postsa and had a fair knowledge of local affairs. Last year he has
been appointed as supervisor of the customs because revenues
topped considerably and the Shaikh suspected that the Director and
staff were helping themselves, fcx In 1938 the customs revenues were
^ s * 31,000/- and in 1939 they increased to Rs,45,000/-. Hasan infor-
Be< l me that the people are suffering from extreme poverty and that
tne stoppage of trading with Bahrain had hit local trade very hard
th °ugh the Shaikh pretends that the present state of affairs with
Sahrain is beneficial to him and is in his interest. He told me that
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The volume contains correspondence concerning Qatar affairs, particularly the supply of arms and ammunition to Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim al Thani, the Ruler of Qatar [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī].
The principal correspondents are the 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; 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. ; Shaikh Abdullah; HM Minister of State, Cairo; Ernest Vincent Packer, Manager, Petroleum Concessions Limited, and Petroleum Concessions (Qatar) Limited; other British officials in the region; and representatives of the Bahrain Petroleum Company Limited (BAPCO), the Eastern Bank Limited, and the Government of Bahrain.
The papers cover: the granting of permission to Shaikh Abdullah to import 450 rifles, .303 bore, with 225,000 rounds of ammunition, and fifty Mauser rifles, 7.9 mm bore, with 25,000 rounds of ammunition, December 1937 - March 1939 (folios 6-104); a request by Shaikh Abdullah for the supply of armoured cars fitted with machine guns, July 1938 - July 1939 (folios 81-109); reports on Qatar affairs from Ernest Vincent Packer, Petroleum Concessions Limited, Bahrain, and by the 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 (including relations between Qatar and Bahrain, and correspondence concerning the appointment by Shaikh Abdullah of an Iraqi adviser on oil affairs), December 1939 - November 1941 (folios 115-157); and a further request by Shaikh Abdullah for machine guns and ammunition, the resulting dispatch to the Gulf of six captured Breda machine guns and ammunition, and 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. 's decision that the machine guns should be distributed equally between the Shaikhs of Qatar, Dubai, and Sharjah, 'the importance of Qatar's defence having diminished owing to the closure of oil operations, while others now have important R.A.F. installations in their Shaikhdoms' (folio 199), July 1942 - October 1943 (folios 159-212).
The Arabic language content of the file consists of approximately thirty folios of correspondence (with translations into English) between the 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, 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. , and the Ruler of Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (239 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are filed in chronological order from the front to the rear of the file, except where enclosures of an earlier date are filed after their relevant covering letter, and terminate in a set of notes (folios 218-238). Circled serial numbers in red ink, which occur occasionally in the papers, refer to entries in the notes.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 241; 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 foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 4-240; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in same position as the main sequence.
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- Title
- 'File 1/A/5 II Administration: Qatar affairs'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:10v, 12r:25v, 27r:27v, 29r:29v, 31r:36v, 38r:38v, 42r:42v, 49r:51v, 54r:56v, 61r:61v, 63r:66v, 68r:73v, 76r:76v, 78r:80v, 82r:82v, 84r:94v, 96r:100v, 102r:105v, 107r:108v, 115r:116v, 119r:119v, 122r:124v, 128r:131v, 133r:134v, 136r:141v, 144r:144v, 148r:148v, 150r:151v, 154r:158v, 160r:174v, 177r:178v, 180r:183v, 185r:193v, 196r:199v, 202r:213v, 218r:240v, back-i
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