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Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar' [‎7r] (14/71)

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The record is made up of 1 file (33 folios). It was created in 4 Nov 1941-7 Nov 1949. 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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Extract from a letter to B.A.B. Burrows, Esq.,
Jbreign Office, from the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. 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. ,
Bahrain, No.95/11/49 dated 8th September, 1949.
Bahrain
I exchanged calls with Shaikh Salman on my return from the
United Kingdom and found him in very good health and spirits.
He no doubt hopes that the turn events have taken in Qatar will
enable him to attain his objects in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and has already taken
up the matter with 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. . Shaikh Ali of ^atar
wrote him a very friendly letter on his accession and there is
now a possibility of reaching an amicable settlement of this long
standing dispute. I also exchanged calls with Shaikh Salman’s
two uncles; the elder. Shaikh Muhammad has recently returned from
a visit to the Lebanon where he went to avoid the rigours of a
hot weather Ramadhan, while the younger, Shaikh Abdullah, has been
compelled to abandon his intention of performing the pilgrimage
to Mecca this year as he proposed to take his whole family
consisting of 60 or 70 persons with him, and could obtain
neither sea nor air transport for such a large party.
Father Louis, the Administrator of the Roman Catholic
Diocese of Aden, arrived in Bahrain in July and presented a
photograph of His Holiness the Pope to Shaikh Salman, who,
like his father, has always shown himself sympathetic to
projects designed to promote the spiritual welfare of
Christians in Bahrsdn.

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The file contains correspondence, reports, and intelligence summaries, sent to the 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. , and later the Foreign Office, concerning affairs in Qatar. The reports refer frequently to the 'unsatisfactory' state of internal affairs in Qatar.

The papers include: reports by 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 on visits to Qatar, 1941 and 1943 (including references to internal politics and slavery); the situation in Zubara, 1944; reports of attacks on Indian and Pakistani nationals in Qatar, 1949; the abdication of Shaikh Abdullah [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], and accession of Shaikh Ali [‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī], 1949; and general matters, 1949.

There are no papers dated 1945-48. The file also includes the text of a treaty, dated 3 November 1916, between HM Government and the Ruler of Qatar (folios 21-22).

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is at folio 23.

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1 file (33 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. Folios 2-4 are file notes.

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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 35; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.

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