ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٦ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون. قسم الخليج الفارسي." [و‎‎٣‎٧‎٣] (٨١٨/١٨١)

PERSIAN GULF —THicial Chiefs of Oman —NO. XXXIII 1926.
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no other dues or taxes of any other kind whatsoever, beyond that already speci
fied.
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 A1 Bidaa for the
transaction of such business as the British Government may have with me and
to watch over 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 Office and
a Telegraph installation anywhere in my territory whenever the British Govern
ment should herafter desire them. I also undertake to protect them when est
ablished.
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 pro-
ceding to sea upon our lawful occasions.
XI.
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 under
stood 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 aggres
sion on the part of myself or my subjects against others.
In token whereof I, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Cox, Political Rejsdcnt
m the Persian Gulf, and I, Shaikh ’Abdullah bin Jasim bin Thani, have respec
tively signed and affixed our seal to this original document and four copies, thereof.
Dated 6th Moharram 1335, corresponding to 3rd November 1916.
’Abdullah bin Jasim,
Chief of Qatar.
P. Z. Cox, Major-General,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
CHELMSFORP,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.