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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [183v] (377/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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2
No. 2.
TRANSLATION OR THE GENERAL TREATY WITH THE ARAB
TRIBES OR THE PERSIAN GULP, 1820.
Itf the name oe God, the merciful, the compassionate!
Praise be to God, who bath ordained peace to be a blessing to bis creatures.
There is established a lasting peace between the British Government and the
Arab tribes, who are parties to this contract, on the following conditions
Article 1.
There shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy by land and sea on the
part of the Arabs, who are parties to this contract, for ever.
Article 2.
If any individual of the people of the Arabs contracting shall attack any
that pass by land or sea of any nation whatsoever, in the way of plunder and
piracy and not of acknowledged war, he shall be accounted an enemy of all
mankind and shall be held to have forfeited both life and goods. An acknow
ledged war is that which is proclaimed, avowed, and ordered by government
against government; and the killing of men and taking of goods _ without
proclamation, avowal, and the order of a government, is plunder and piracy.
Article 3.
The friendly (literally the pacificated) Arabs shall carry by land and sea a
red flag, with or without letters in it, at their option, and this shall be in a
border of white, the breadth of the white in the border being equal to the
breadth of the red as represented in the margin (the whole forming the flag
knmvn in the British Navy by the title of white pierced red), this shall he the
flag of the friendly Arabs, and they shall use it and no other.
Article 4.
The pacificated tribes shall all of them continue in their former relations,
with the exception that they shall be at peace with the British Government,
and shall not fight with each other, and the flag shall be a symbol of this only
and of nothing further.
Article 5.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs shall all of them have in their possession
a paper (Register) signed with the signature of their Chief, in which shall be
the name of the vessel, its length, its breadth, and how many Karahs it holds.
And they shall also have in their possession another writing (Port Clearance)
signed with the signature of their Chief, in which shall be the name of the
owner, the name of the Nakhoda, the number of men, the number of arms from
whence sailed, at what time, and to what port bound. And if a British or
other vessel meet them, they shall produce the Register and the clearance.
Article 6 .
The friendly Arabs, if they choose, shall send an envoy to the British
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
with the necessary accompaniments, and he
shall remain there for the transaction of their business with the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
;
and the British Government, if it chooses, shall send an envoy also to them in
like manner; and the envoy shall add his signature to the signature of the
Chief in the paper (Register) of their vessels, which contains the length of the
vessel, its breadth, and tonnage; the signature of the envoy to be renewed
every year. Also all such envoys shall be at the expense of their own party.
Article 7.
If any tribe or others, shall not desist from plunder and piracy, the
friendly Arabs shall act against them according to their ability and circum
stances, and an arrangement for this purpose shall take place between the
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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