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Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar' [‎7v] (15/71)

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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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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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Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar' [‎7v] (15/71), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/3963, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100064786386.0x000010> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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