'File XXII 4 Koweit relations with Bahrain.' [34r] (67/106)
The record is made up of 1 volume (53 folios). It was created in 7 Mar 1906-14 May 1920. 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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Chief of the A1 Abdulla branch of bhe
A1 lihalifa family of Bahrein to the Poli
tical He si dent in the Persian (rulf*
® . 9 .
Translation of letter of Nasir bin Mobarak:
In xhe name of CK>d, the pitiful, the cou-
pasiiionate*
To the high presence the first of the
great ones and the pillar of the glorious
and the noble the Shliib Major Cox may be
endure.
After conveying full greetings
and full honour and right and enquiry*
after his high Position,we are persisting
in the treaty of truth and friendship and
it is in accord nice with the presence of
the bonds of the conversation lately
tailing place between us and your Presence
and also the repetition of this conver
sation between us and the Presence of tne
Consul of Bahrein that tne hope of tne
promise of both announcing tne gain of
the result of tnat conversation has not
passed away and we founded on tnat, are
believing that in the matter which will
be from your Presence there will be ad
vancement and it will end, please (rod,
according to desire,as is honed from the
Kindness and justice of the precious
Imperial Government, an example of justice
and humanity.,and it is hoped from the
fullness of your effort and the grant of
your precious efforts tne speed of that
effort in what justice directs,mutable
for acceptance and approval but let it
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The volume comprises telegrams, despatches, correspondence, memoranda, and notes relating to Kuwaiti relations with Bahrain from 1906 to 1920.
The discussion in the volume relates to:
- a note of a conversation between the Resident and Shaikh Mubarak [Shaikh Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ Āl Ṣabāḥ] of Kuwait concerning Nasir bin Mobarak bin al Khalifa the 'outlaw relative' of Shaikh Isa of Bahrain [Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah];
- reported expulsion of Jews from Bahrain;
- Bahraini political exiles;
- Shaikh Mubarak's visit to Bahrain, 1911;
- A note by Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, entitled 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara', which includes (folio 44) a small sketch map illustrating the remarks in this note.
Included in the volume (folios 33-34) is a copy in Arabic and English translation of the letter of Nasir bin Mobarak bin al-Khalifa, Chief of the Al Abdullah branch of the Al Khalifa family of Bahrain to 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. . Also included is a map (folio 44) prepared by the Acting Civil Commissioner for Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson, to illustrate his 'Note on History of Zubara and Claims of Shaikh of Bahrein to Zubara'.
The principal correspondents in the volume include: 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. , Percy Zachariah Cox and later, Francis Beville Prideaux; 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. , Kuwait, Stuart George Knox; the Acting Civil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Arnold Talbot Wilson; 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, David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer.
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- 1 volume (53 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 53; 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 2-52, and ff 3-39; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File XXII 4 Koweit relations with Bahrain.'
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- 33r:35v
- Author
- Al Abdullah, Nasir bin Mobarak
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