'33 File 665 Hostilities between Shaikh Zaid and Shaikh Jasim' [301r] (636/845)
The record is made up of 3 volumes (404 folios). It was created in Mar 1888-9 Jun 1890. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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join him in view to proceeding to El-Katr; he did not go out to meet Jasim,
because they were uudet the impression that Jasim would not go as far as El-
Zafrah without the presence of Ibn Rashid, and they further thought that
there were only few men at that place.
Arrivals from El-Bida report that Jasim has erected towers around El-
Bida for protection, and that the people of Wakrah have rebuilt the town wall,
as they all fear Shaikh Zaeed. The Bedouins of Jasim have for the present
gone to their houses ; but it is said that in the event of Shaikh Zaeed attacking
El-Katr, they can muster about four to five thousand fighting men. No doubt
they will meet him (Zaeed) before he reaches the town. It is said that the Turkish
soldiers will protect the town and the watering place-at Na'aijah.
There is a common report that Shaikh Zaeed wants money and arms. The
above Abu-Ghareb says that if five hundred of Shaikh Zaeed's party or even less
number had attacked them (Jasim's party), they would have been totally
" destroyed. They returned from the place greatly fatigued:
No. 28, dated the 14th February 1889.
From—The
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.
Agent; Bahrain.
To—The
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.
.
A fter Compliments, —Arrivals this day fron?. El-Bida report that the inhabit
ants are in great fear of Shaikh Zaeed, and keep watch during night; and Jasim is
with the Ka'aim, in the neighbourhood of Zobarah, and he intends marrying the
daughter of Naser-bin-Jaber, and the inhabitants are busily engaged in build
ing towers in ditferent quarters of the town; that up to date they have erected
about eleven towers.
They daily receive false alarms, and they go out of the town and then
come back. The Turkish soldiers are also said to have moved out to Ma'aijah,
the watering place about 3 miles distant from the town. They have taken
with them ammunition, and if an attack is made they will fight; that Jasim
has been giving them money and rice as a bribe to make them fight against
Shaikh Zaeed's party. But according to their regulations they will not proceed
inland beyond this limit, unless Jasim forces them, and gives them a written
order under his seal, bebause he is a Kaem Makam, or deceitfully induces the
commandant to do so.
It is reported that Shaikh Zaeed moved out of Aboothabee, bound for
El-Katr.
No. 26, dated the 20th February 1889.
From—The
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.
Agent, Bahrain.
To-—The
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.
.
After Compliments. —Arrivals from El-Bida report that all the inhabitants
of the El-Katr ditricts are in great fear of Shaikh Zaeed-bin-Khaleefah, and the
inhabitants of El-Bida are engaged in building towers around the town, and they
intend to build a wall also. They have devoted their full attention to these
defensive measures and have given up their ordinary business transactions. The.
people of Wakrah have repaired the towers and their town wall, and the Tur-^
kish soldiers have built defensive works along the path leading to the watering
place Na'aijah, where they have a fort and a tower. It appears they in
tend to defend this spot against their enemy. I hear that Jasim has sent a
special man with letters to Ba^ra and Kowait, but his object has not transpired.
Intelligence is received that Shaikh Zaeed has moved out of Aboothabee, and is
collecting an army, and that the people of Debay and other territories and Bedou
ins have joined him. It is said that in the event of Shaikh Zaeed proceeding to
attack them they will go out of the town and meet him at some, distance frortt.
the town.
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The volume contains memos, reports and correspondence exchanged between the British officials in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , the 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. and his Agents at Sharjah and Bahrein [Bahrain], the Ruler of Katr [Qatar], Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, and the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, Shaikh Zayid bin Khalīfah, discussing hostilities between the two rulers, occurring between 1888 and 1889. The hostilities were initially due to the dispute on the sovereignty over Al Udaid [’Odaid, Qatar] considered to be Abu Dhabi property, and provoked attacks and raids. The main events dealt with in the volume are the attack of Bedouin from Abu Dhabi on Al Bida [Qatar] during which twenty-four men were killed including Ali, Shaikh Jasim's son, and the subsequent Qatari attack to Dhafrah [Abu Dhabi].
The volume also contains copious letters in Arabic (with English translations) sent to the 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 Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire by local rulers.
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- 3 volumes (404 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically, from the earliest letter in the file at the front to the most recent letter in the file at the back.
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Condition: three bound volumes.
Foliation: The foliation sequence runs through three volumes as a single continuous series. It commences at the title page of volume one with 1, 1A and 1B, and terminates at the last folio of volume three with 402; 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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- IOR/R/15/1/189
- Title
- '33 File 665 Hostilities between Shaikh Zaid and Shaikh Jasim'
- Pages
- 62r:63v, 67r:67v, 94r:95v, 173r:173v, 273r:273v, 279r:279v, 285r:285v, 293r:293v, 301r, 309r:309v, 311v, 346r:346v, 367r:368v
- Author
- Āl Thāni, Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad
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