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Coll 30/31 'Hasa Coast; Entry of Hindu Merchants into Hasa; Attitude of Ibn Saud' [‎32r] (63/116)

The record is made up of 1 file (56 folios). It was created in 13 Apr 1928-30 Apr 1934. 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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The Hindus thereupon protested that they
had considerable sums of money outstanding and a
large quantity of goods in their warehouses, and
asked what arrangements they should make about them.
The Amir replied that they should appoint a looal
trader as their agent to collect outstandings and
dispose of their goods but the Bunniahs stated that
it was impossible to obtain an agent.
5 . Two days later the Amir sent a man to warn
the Bunniahd* that the Bahrain launch had arrived,
The Bunniahs thereupon made a final personal appeal
to Mahomed bin Bwailim about their goods and out
standings and complained of the short notice that had
been given them. The .^rnir, however, replied that it
was for them to decide whether to appoint an agent or
not; that they must go to Bahrain that day, but
could come back after two days to appoint an Agent.
Ratanmal and Maganmal accordingly left
Qatif by launch about 2 p.m. on Saturday 31st March.
The Amir sent his fidawi, Mutrij, to see that they
actually embarked.
4>. The Bunniahs inform me that until the sudden
order for their expulsion the relations between them
selves and the Amir and merchants of Qatif had
invariably been friendly. They always carried out
the jnir’s orders and imported the goods he required.
They consider the charge that Lalumal had
abusing people somewhat belated considering that this
individual had left Qatif for India 45 days before it
was made.
6 . The

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This file contains correspondence pertaining to the re-entry of Hindu merchants to al-Hasa and Qatif after a number of them had been ordered to leave in 1928.

The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials, but it also contains a limited amount of letters that were exchanged between British diplomatic staff in Jeddah and the King of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Sa'ud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd] and one of his closest advisors, Yusuf Yassin.

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

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1 file (56 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 58; 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.

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Coll 30/31 'Hasa Coast; Entry of Hindu Merchants into Hasa; Attitude of Ibn Saud' [‎32r] (63/116), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3745, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050188834.0x000040> [accessed 20 April 2024]

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