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'File 5/4 Abdul Aziz Qosaibi and Abdullah Qosaibi' [30r] (59/144)
The record is made up of 1 file (72 folios). It was created in 22 Apr 1923-16 Nov 1931. 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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ghawal 1341 art® that I should appoint one of my confidant®
on whom I rely so that ho may go la oompany with youp afore
said adherent to Bahrain that they nay enquire and ascertain
together about thl« trouble and arriTe at the oause thereof,
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so that true Juatloe may take it® natural course*
But does not Tour Hlghnesa see whether this dangerous
application tends and how Impossible It is for me to accept
IXm How an I to reply to the Persian Gowemment who will
undoubtedly demand that a special enwoy of their part should
also attend to make special lowestigation and scrutiny with
my man and yours and f if I accepted your proposal, I oould
not in justice oppose theirs and we should hawe a Persian
envoy intriguing against both the sheikh of Bahrain and 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.
and Tour Highness may be assured that one lik<
this would not rest - though without any right - until he
became a focus of intrigue and disorder among the Shia in
habitants of A1 Ahaa» Quite apart from my natural anxiety
about British interests in Bahrain and to preserre the inheril
ed rule of the A1 Khalifa, it is of the first importance in
Tour Highness* own interests as well as ours, that the door
should be firmly closed against foreign interference of
which we can see th#^ beginning will clearly be disorder and
confusion and of which no mfm can see the end*
From the foregoing considerations. Tour Highness will be
able to see what I clearly forsaw the minute the Bahrain
files were placed before me that the Qasaibi recent aotivitiei
were of the most dangerous and mischiewous kind and that the
British GOTemment is cruite unable to admit any official
protection of Hejada residing in Bahrain other than their
own and it was for this reason that there was delay in the
settling of the passport question, about which I am writing
separately to Tour Majesty, that I was forced to direct
Abdulla al Qasaibi to quit the islands on the pretence, made
in Tour Highness interests and to preserre your good name
and honour, that he was the bearer of important despatches
from me to yourself• The ov ^stion has zu intrUiaic imDortanos
which lies quite outside the relatiwely awall wttor of
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This file contains correspondence between the British 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. at Bahrain, the British 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 the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. at Bushire and Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Advisor to the Bahrain Government. In addition, there are copies of correspondence between the British 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 Ibn Sa‘ūd, Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Andrew Ryan, British Legation, Jiddah.
This correspondence concerns the personalities of the brothers ‘Abd al-‘Azīz al-Quṣaybī and ‘Abdullāh al-Quṣaybī, Najdi merchants and agents of Ibn Sa‘ūd at Bahrain. Within the correspondence are details of the 1923 riots at Manamah Bazaar between Najdis and Persians and the subsequently expulsion of ‘Abdullāh al-Qusaybi from Bahrain, and general information about the al-Quṣaybī family, their business interests and relationship with Ibn Sa‘ūd.
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- 1 file (72 folios)
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This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
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Foliation: The main foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled and can be found in the top right of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. In addition, a second foliation sequence runs between ff. 2-59; these numbers are circled, have been crossed out and are written in blue crayon.
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- IOR/R/15/2/101
- Title
- 'File 5/4 Abdul Aziz Qosaibi and Abdullah Qosaibi'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:18v, 20r:21v, 23r:59v, 61r:71v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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