'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah'

Content

This file contains correspondence regarding the situation after hostilities that occurred between the Al Naim tribe (supported by Bahrain) and Qatar in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. in June and July 1937.

The correspondence covers the period immediately following the events and continues for several years until 1946. It contains details of British mediation efforts between the two sides and also includes the text (in English and Arabic) of a reconciliation agreement between the two sides from 1944.

The file also contains a translation of an Arabic-language letter published in the Cairo publication 'Rabitat Al Arabieh' (f. 25). The letter is from a Bahraini and argues that the British had sided with Qatar in the conflict regarding Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as they were afraid that if under Bahraini control, the concession for oil deposits near the town would be given to an American (as opposed to British) oil company as had been done in Bahrain.

Extent and format

1 volume (231 folios)

Arrangement

File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

Physical characteristics

A bound correspondence volume. There are two incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 224, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f.1A; f.126A; f.126B; f.141A; f.141B.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

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.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/1/371

Former external reference(s)

A Series: 19/243 III Confidential Series: C 95

History of this record

Date(s)

21 Jul 1937-14 Nov 1946 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Foreign relationsNational EconomyReligious conflictsRights of statesArab nationalismSocial reformEconomic reform

Places

ZubarahBahrainBūshehr

People & organisations

James OrtonFrancis WardenHugh WeightmanĀl Khalīfah (Family)

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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/371, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000158> [accessed 28 March 2025]

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