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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’ [186v] (383/448)
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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No. 6.
TRANSLATION OF THE AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO BY ALI
BIN KHALIEAH, SHAIKH OF BAHRAIN, 1868.
We, the undersigned, Ali bin Khalifah, having repeatedly committed acts of
piracy and other irregularities at sea, and having now, after his recent piratical
act, fled from Bahrain, has forfeited all claim to his title as principal Shaikh
and Chief of Bahrain, and at the present moment there being no other Shaikh,
I, Ali bin Khalifah, received the Resident’s letter addressed to Mahomed bin
Khalifah, and have understood the demands therein made, and I hereby agree
and accept the conditions as follows:—
1st —To make over to-morrow morning, 19th Jamadi-ool-Awal 1285 (7th
September 1868), to the high in rank, Captain Brown, Com
manding Her Majesty’s ships present, all the war buglas and
buteels belonging to Mahomed bin Khalifah and myself.
2nd —To pay the Resident the sum of one
lakh
One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
of dollars in the manner
specified below:—
25.000 dollars cash, payable on the spot on the 7th Septembei
1868.
75.000 dollars by three annual instalments of 25,000 dollars
each instalment being payable on the 7th September of each
successive year until the total sum is paid up.
3i'd —To consider Mahomed bin Khalifah as permanently excluded
from all participation in the affairs of Bahrain and as having
no claim to that territory, and in case of his returning to
Bahrain I promise to seize and make him over to the Resident.
But if I do not act up to the stipulations now agreed I may be
considered a pirate, as Mahomed bin Khalifah himself.
4th —In view of preserving the peace at sea, and precluding the
occurrence of further disturbance, and in order to keep the
Resident informed of what happens I promise to appoint an
Agent on my part at Bushire.
Written on the 18th Jamadi-ool-Awal 1285 = 6th September 1868.
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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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- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
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- 186v:186v
- Author
- Āl Khalīfah, Shaikh ‘Alī bin Khalīfah
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