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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [185r] (375/543)
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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/nrieinal on Bundle 33, file B0.323-I-Vol. 14 - "Bahrain Affairs -
' October 1874 to March 1875).
copy *
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to
TransiatIon.
Si^ilch ^Rsu bin All,
Chief of Banrain.
Lieut.-Colonel Rosa,
Resident, Persian uulf*
2Btn Monurram X% 1292*
7tn Marcn
I acquaint you regaitting ^obaran. in 1184 A * H * AaBed Mn
.uhantoad A1 Khalifa went and dwelt in *orair anu built nouees
, te . with him were his tribe. they used to engage in vearl
fishing. Before going to norair they lived in -Adan. m horair
A rabs of several tribes flociced to him and ne tnen built Zobarah
Tr. tne vear 1197 A.H. ne sent a slave
and went to dwell there. In the year
* . . t n y nim A nuarrel tools place betwee
to Sitra to buy some things for nim. A q ar
this slave and the people of Bahrain. The slave — *
them. On this all the people of Zobaran attached Bahrain and
toon possession of it. After this the Al Khalifah remained
nasters of the Island as well as of zoouran. - rom Chat day to
this lobaran c-as been in our posses, ion and no one has ever
4 ah tne Arab tribes are aware
ventured to dispute our rights. All the Ara
of tnis fact*
M.nrfitary to Government of India,
Copy forwarded to ?ol i t ioal Kesident’s
vorpi<rn Department, uiKier - aov*-.
letter So!337 of the 20tn March 1870.
“ 55 '
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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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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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