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'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [76r] (164/414)
The record is made up of 1 volume (203 folios). It was created in 1946-1947. It was written in English. 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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29. QATAR .
Q A T A R . 29
(i) The Ruler of Qatar, His Excellency Sheikh
Abdulla bin Qasira al-Thani, is now about 74
years old, and continues in good health despite a
few set-backs such as an attack of impetigo of the
feet. He was treated for this by the
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Medical
Officer who went to Qatar in late November to attend to
him.
His age prevents him from carrying out
efficiently all affairs of State most of which are
now done by his second son and heir-presumptive,
Sheikh Hamad bin Abdulla, who is now 40 years old.
The latter, of whom the father is very fond, is the
keeper of the official seal and issues all letters
in his father's name.
(ii) Local Affairs .
SheiKh Hamad goes down to Doha, the Capital
of Qatar, daily to attend to affairs of State and
also tries important cases, petty and minor cases
are dealt with according to Islamic Law by the Amir
of Doha, one Hammam by name, an old and trusty
follower of the Shaikh,
(iii) Revenue .
The chief source of revenue for the Shaikh
accrues from the subsidy on oil given by Petroleum
Concessions (Qatar) Limited, Other sources of revenue
are Custotlas duty at 7% on imports and exports of barley
and wheat and 5% duty and 2% demurrage tax on all other
goods,
(iv) Education .
Education is confined to boys, there being
about eight small schools with a total number of 300,
They are taught the Koran, simple arithmetic and the
Arabic script. Ho schools for girls have as yet been
opened.
(v) pearling industry .
The pearling fleet consists of about 70
craft with a total crew of about 1,500 persons, most
of whom come from the hinterland and Persia during
the pearling season. During the year under review
the catch was small but due to the high price prevail
ing for pearls the margin of profit was most encouraging.
( vi ) Shipping .
No steamers call at Doha, the port of Qatar.
The "Khuziztan" of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, Limited
periodically calls there to replenish Qatar's supply of
kerosene oil and petrol. Traffic between Qatar and ports
outside is carried by dhows.
(Continued)
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The volume contains typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1945' [1946] and typescript 'Administration Report of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. for the Year 1946' [1947]. The reports are introduced by a review of the year by the 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and are divided into chapters containing individual reports on each of the agencies, consulates, and other administrative areas that made up the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. . Both reports conclude with a chapter containing 'notes on the working of quarantine on the Arab coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. '. They are signed by the local British official in charge.
The reports cover the following topics: British and non-British personnel; local affairs; local government and ruling families; transport and communications by land, sea, and air; posts and telegraphs; tribal and political matters; relations with local populations; cinemas; trade and economic matters; agriculture; finance; shipping and commerce; education; police and justice; security; military matters; propaganda; health and quarantine; statistics of temperature and rainfall; water; notable visitors; British interests; oil and oil companies; religious affairs; the pearl industry; locusts; Bedouins; date gardens; electricity; telephones; and related information.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (203 folios)
- Arrangement
There are lists of contents on the first page of both annual reports, on folios 1 and 109.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the third folio after the front cover (the first bearing text) and terminates at 198 on the third folio before the back cover (the last bearing text). The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Foliation anomaly: ff. 28, 28A. The individual reports that make up the combined annual reports also have their own typescript foliation sequences appearing in the top centre of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio.
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- IOR/R/15/1/720
- Title
- 'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1r:28v, 28ar:28av, 29r:198v, iii-r:iv-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence