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'File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles)' [7r] (13/76)
The record is made up of 1 file (36 folios). It was created in 29 Jun 1937-13 Jan 1938. It was written in English. 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 of an
newspaper Ifci-ul-Qora
article which appeared in Mecca
of 23rfil July 1937.
IS THIS TRUE?
The an-Ni&a newspaper of Beyrout circulated
the following news under the heading "STAR DECLARED BET
WEEN TWO ARABIAN STATES' 1 .
Basra - We have received information that war
has been dec la ted against qatar. The Bahrain Government
has ordered their subjects to return from Pearl Diving f
it is said that the cause of differences is that both
sides claim the ownership of the town of Zara and it is
also said that a certain Government is offering the sale
of arms to both sides with the object of destroying and
weakening them, and although the World Press does not
make any references to this, those who have arrived
from Bahrain confirm it. We in turn give the news as
we have read it, hoping that it is not true, or at least
that it has been exaggerated. We shall see when the
truth is revealed whether it is true or false or Just a
fancy. We sincerely hope that all Arabs at all places
will be alive to their duty which brings them prosperity
and improvement instead of disputes which bring them
loss and ruin.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials regarding relations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar and an attempt that was made by the Ruler of Kuwait, Shaikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, to mediate between them.
In addition to correspondence, which is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in Bahrain, the file also contains English translations of two newspaper articles (originally in Arabic) as follows:
- Translation of an article that appeared in the Mecca-based newspaper Um al-Qura 23 July 1937 concerning tensions between Bahrain and Qatar (folio 7).
- Translation of an article that appeared in the Iraqi newspaper al-Nas 27 September 1937 about the poor conditions of oil company workers in Bahrain (folio 11).
- Extent and format
- 1 file (36 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 38; 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. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/5/203
- Title
- 'File 4/18 Kuwait-Bahrain Relations (Includes Bahrain-Qatar Troubles)'
- Pages
- 7r:7v
- Author
- Um al-Qura xx Ummul Qura
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- Public Domain