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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [9r] (22/543)
The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937. 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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land and a coast from my coasts. I am certain that my proof
is clear even to the High British Government because
demarcation took place long ago and this fact is known to
the High British Government since the time of their treaty witl
the Bahrain people and the grant of protection to them over
their frontiers. There is no doubt they know that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
has no connection with that. The High British Government
also granted us protection, over land and sea of the whole
Qatar without exception and recognized the independence of
all Qatar territory 'under my Kuling Flag. Is it possible that
the High British Government had any doubt about
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
when
they granted me protection and did not make it clear to me
or drew my attention to it. And lately negotiations took
place between me and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company Limited
for a survey of the whole Qatar territory, its lands, boundari
and coasts and for the exploration of oil there. An agreement
v/as concluded with the Oil Company in this connection with
the assent of the High British Government. The survey in
question was carried out by the said Oil Company on all Qatar
lands,
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
etcetera and a map was drawn covering all
these areas of Qatar territory including
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
. Tvps was
going on for some years during which period the negotiations
with the Company were concluded with regard to oil
development in all the places in Qatar as shown on the map.
As I saw that that was in accordance with the views of the
British Government and was accorded with their approval, I
agreed to the terms of the Company and signed the concession
accordingly xor the said company as laid dorm in the agreement
concluded oetween us. All these were carried out under the
supervision and the consideration of the Bepresentative of the
British Government in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
. This cane into effect
after it had been countersigned by the Representative ox the
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This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain).
Much of the correspondence relates to British-mediated negotiations and as such, it consists of letters (in Arabic and English translation) between Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's 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. in Bahrain, and the rulers of Qatar and Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Hickinbotham, Shaikh Rashīd bin Muḥammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe and Charles Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
The file contains copies of British Government correspondence from 1874-1876 when similar tensions had arisen between Qatar and Bahrain over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 251-263).
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- 1 file (268 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; 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 incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 219-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- IOR/R/15/2/203
- Title
- 'File 4/13 II Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:10v, 12r:15v, 17r:20v, 22r:34v, 36r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:57v, 59r:64v, 66r:75v, 79r:80v, 83r:107v, 109r:111v, 113r:113v, 117r:124v, 126r:126v, 129r:145v, 147r:151v, 153r:153v, 157r:164v, 166r:166v, 168r:213v, 215r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:235v, 236ar:236av, 237r:240v, 242r:245v, 247r:247v, 249r:267v, back-i
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