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Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar' [‎21v] (43/71)

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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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VII.
I, Shaikh Abdullah, further, in particular, undertake to allow British subjects to
reside in Qatar for trade and to protect their lives and property.
VIII.
I also undertake to receive, should the British Government deem it advisable, an
agent from the British Government, who shall remain at Al-Bidaa for the transaction
of such business as the British Government may have with me, and to watch ovei the
interests of British traders, residing at my ports or visiting them upon their lawful
occasions.
IX.
Further, I undertake to allow the establishment of a British post oflice and a
telegraph installation anyw r here in my territory whenever the British Government
should hereafter desire them. I also undertake to protect them when established.
X.
On their part, the High British Government, in consideration of these treaties and
engagements that I have entered into with them, undertake to protect me and my
subjects and territory from all aggression by sea, and to do their utmost to exact
reparation for all injuries that I, or my subjects, may suffer when proceeding to sea
upon our lawful occasions.
XL
They also undertake to grant me good offices, should I or my subjects be assailed
by land within the territories of Qatar. It is, however, thoroughly understood that
this obligation rests upon the British Government only in the event of such aggression,
whether by land or sea, being unprovoked by any act or aggression on the part of
myself or my subjects against others.
In token whereof 1, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and I, Shaikh Abdullah-bin-Jasim-bin-Thani, have respectively signed
and affixed our seal to this original document and four copies thereof.
Dated 6th Moharram, 1335, corresponding to the 3rd November, 1916.
(Signed and sealed) ABDULLAH-BIN-JASIM.
P. Z. COX, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
(Signed) C[H E LMSF ORD],
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
This treaty -was ratified by the Viceroy and Governor-General of India in Council
at Delhi on the 23rd day of March A.D. one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
(Signed) A. H. GRANT,
Secretary to the Government of India,
Foreign and Political Department.
APPENDIX A.
Translation of Letter addressed by Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
to Sheikh Abdullah.
(After compliments.)
Whereas your Honour has to-day entered into and signed with me, on behalf of the
British Government, an agreement or treaty, with the object of cementing the
relations between the High British Government and yourself, and wdiereas your
Honour has expressed the opinion that the time has not yet come for giving effect
to articles (7), (8), and (9), which relate to
(1) The admission of British subjects to Qatar for trade.
(2) The admission of an agent on behalf of Government.
(3) The establishment of post and telegraph offices in your territory.
Therefore I, on behalf of the British Government, accept your opinion, and
hereby inform you that the British Government see no present necessity for the

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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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