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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [44r] (92/543)
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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tolerated raucn. Being anxious for tneir safety and for tne
comfort of all, I tolerated for about 3 months hoping that
they would submit to me in an amicable way, but this my
toleration did not do anything but made them show more
arrogance and hostility and spread a spirit of corruption
amongst all my subjects. 1, therefore, terminated the truce
with Rashid bin Muhammad and his followers, four Honour also
stated that you have heard from 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.
, -oahrain,
that the negotiations are still going on. It b&J ^^ot be hidden
from Your Honour that these negotiations took a long time anu
the representatives of His Highness the Ruler of %hrain ?re
insisting in their hostile claims against me, my town ana my
boundary. My representatives are staying in Bahrain in the
hope that His fi puiess the Ruler of Bahrain may agree to my
proposals but it is regretted that they contempted my
representatives, closed down the guest house which you ordered
for them and turned them out of it in an indecent way. The
wrote a letter to ny represetatives which indicates that they
are terminatm the negotiations on their .side, a copy of which
is enclosed for your perusal. Later my representatives remain
ed for some days during which period they were subject to
cruelty and contempt. No result has been achieved out of these
lengthy negotiations. Your Honour also said that I must have
received, long prior to tuis date, the proposals of His High
ness the Ruler of Bahrain to the effect that one of his
relatives may meet with two of my relatives in connection with
these matters. Yes, on 20th June 193V equivalent to 11th
Rabi Thani 13b6 I received a letter from 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 this subject. It reached me one night before tuts
your letter. Your Honour said that you presume tnat it reached
me long before the receipt of this your letter, but there was
no space of time between that letter ana your letter save that
which I mentioned above. 1 sent him a reply saying that if
His Highness the Ruler of Bahrain, as he(Political Agentjsaid,
wishes a meeting to be held between his brother Shaikh ’Abdulla
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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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- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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