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‘Persian Gulf gazetteer. Part 1. Historical and political materials. Précis of Katar [Qatar] affairs, 1873-1904.’ [35r] (69/92)
The record is made up of 1 volume (46 folios). It was created in 1904. 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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APPENDIX A.
(Under par a graph 115.)
Memorandum on the cauees of hostility between Shaikh Za'eed-bin-Khalifah, Chief of Abu-
Dhabi, and Shaikh Jasim-bin-Mohatned Thani, and the raids which have been made by
each o£ them on the other tribesmen or dependants.
1. In 1869 the Kubeysat, a subordinate branch of the Beni Yas of Abu-
Dhabi, under Shaikh Butay-bin-Kbadim, seceded from the main tribe and set
tled at the inlet of El-Odeid, a part of Abu-Dhabi, territory conterminous with
the district of Katr. The seceders went to Odeid at the termination of the
1 pearl -fishing season, and were alleged to have left a number of debts unadjusted
at Abu-Dhabi.
2. At Odeid the settlers renounced allegiance to, and defied the authority
of, their hereditary Chief. They entered into dealings with the inhabitants and
Shaikhs of El-Wakrah and El-Bidaa, on the coast of Katr, and engaged them
selves in pearl-fishing, contracting fresh debts on that account.
3. Shaikh Za'eed-bin-Khalifah, the Chief of Abu-Dhabi, was greatly dis
pleased with the proceedings of the Kubeysat, and wished to attack Odeid and
reduce the seceders to submission to his authority : but the land route, owing
to numerous creeks along the coast, was impracticable, and hostile movements by
^ sea were prohibited. Shaikh Za'eed, according to the terras of the maritime truce,
submitted the case to 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.
, representing that the
settlement at Odeid was in many respects inconvenient to him, and detracted
severely from the prosperily of his principal township, and afforded refuge to
other parties fleeing from their territories to evade their creditors, &c., and re
quested permission to proceed by sea to assert his authority over his tribesmen
at Odeid. Accordingly the case was referred to the Government of India for
orders.
4. Meantime the Beni Hajir, Al-Murrah, and other Bedouin tribes, whose
predatory acts had been for some time confined to El-Bidaa on the Katr coast,
which had been unsettled by the advent of the Turks, extended their operations
further south, and Odeid became a resort for piratically inclined Bedouins. The
Kubeysat settlers also became implicated in irregular proceedings on the sea.
6. Several piracies and outrages were committed by the Bedouins on
boats belonging to Abu-Dhabi and other places, and of these the following
directly affected the relations of Za'eed-bin-Khalifah and Jasim-bin-Thani. A
buggarah (pearl-fishing boat) belonging to Ghanim-bin-Ali El-Mohairebee,
subject of Abu-Dhabi, having called at El-Bidaa for water and supplies, anchored
for the night in the " Dowha, " and while the crew were asleep, a person of the
, ^ Beni-Hajir tribe swam off from the shore and cut the hawser of the buggarah
which went aground. A party of seven armed men then attacked the crew,
killing two of them and wounding another, and plundered the boat of property
valued at dollars 529. They took away also an African slave valued by the
owner at dollars 120. The attack upon the boat was made close to the house of
Shaikh Jasim-bin-Thani, and the assailants were said, by the
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.
Agent on the Arab coast, to be related to that Shaikh, who was probably aware
Vide Political Eesident's letter to the Government of the Outrage, if he did not actually ^ COU-
of India, No. 211, dated the 16th September 1876. n i V 0 a t it. No steps Were taken by him to
arrest the murderers or to compel the restoration of the stolen property.
Shaikh Za'eed-bin-Khalifah complained to 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 preferred a demand for 2,679 dollars as compensation for the property
plundered and 11 blood " money for the men killed and wounded.
The case was reported 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.
to the Government of
t> „ , „ , - rw™™* India who " in addressing Her Majesty's
Ftde
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.
s letter to the Government i* . l j
of India, No. 210. dated the i6th September 1876. Government on the subject, supported
vide Government of India letter to the Political ^ Resident's recommendation that the
Eesideat, No. 2687-P, dated the 7th November 1876. " x r, u i ;i l
' Ottoman Government should be moved to
enforce the payment of compensation by the Shaikh of El-Bidaa for the Abu-
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The volume, stamped ‘Confidential’ on the front cover, is part 1 (historical and political materials) of a précis of Qatar (spelt Katar throughout) affairs for the years 1873 to 1904. It was prepared by Judge Jerome Antony Saldanha of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service, and published in 1904 by the Government of India Foreign Department, Simla, India.
The main subjects of the précis, which is comprised chiefly of extracts from Government correspondence, run as follows:
- Turkish movements in Qatar, 1873; Chief of Bahrain (spelt Bahrein throughout) advised to keep aloof from complications in Qatar, 1873;
- British intervention refused to Chief of Debai [Dubai] in case robberies committed against vessels of his subjects on Qatar coast, 1873;
- Threatened attack on Bahrain and Qatar (Zobarah [Zubara]) by the Bedouin tribes of Beni Hajir, 1874;
- Complaints of Turkey about Chief of Bahrain’s encroachments in Qatar, 1874;
- The Beni Hajir attack Zubara and commit piracies, 1875;
- Aggressive policy of the Turks and establishment of a new Turkish province on the Arabian littoral of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ;
- Plunder of a Bahrain boat by the Beni Hajir and an excessive contribution levied by the Chief of Bidaa [Al-Bidda] on British Indian traders residing there;
- Claims preferred by the Government of Basrah [Basra] on behalf of the inhabitants of Qatar against certain residents of Bahrain, 1876;
- Alleged ill-treatment of British Indian subjects, 1879;
- Piracies at Zubara – destruction of Zubara by Shaikh Jasim [Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī], 1878;
- Ill-treatment of Indian traders, 1879;
- Question of suppression of piracies on the Arab coast. Claims of the Turks to Odeid [’Odaid] (1871-81); previous history of ’Odaid, 1837-76;
- History of ’Odaid continued, question of Turkish jurisdiction on the Qatar coast, and suppression of piracies, 1878-81;
- Removal of section of the Al-bu-Kowareh tribe from Al-Bidda to Foweyrat [Fujairat], 1879;
- Threatened attack on Bahrain by Nasir-bin-Mobarik [Nasir bin Mubarak] and Shaikh Jāsim of Al-Bidda, 1881;
- Shaikh Jāsim’s desire to occupy ’Odaid, 1881;
- Policy as to the relations to be maintained with Shaikh Jāsim and the Turkish Government in Qatar, 1881;
- Ill-treatment of British subjects by Shaikh Jāsim and exaction of a fine from him, 1880-82;
- Protest of the Porte against British proceedings at Al-Bidda. British disclaimer of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1883;
- Shaikh Jāsim’s projected expedition against a branch of the Beji Hajirs in 1884;
- Fight between the Ejman [Ajman] and allied tribes on one side and Morah and Monasir tribes on the other, 1884;
- Disputes between Shaikh Jāsim and the Chief of Abuthabi [Abu Dhabi], Jāsim’s intentions to occupy ’Odaid and the ill-treatment of Bedouins at Al-Bidda, 1885-86;
- Outrages against Indian subjects under Jāsim’s instigation, and Shaikh Jāsim made to pay a fine, 1887;
- Protests of the Porte against British Government proceedings, 1888;
- Question of withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from Al-Bidda;
- Turkish expansion along the Arab coast and the policy of the British Government, 1888;
- Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and Shaikh Zaid [Zayed bin Khalifa] of Abu Dhabi, reported movements of the Chief of Jabal Shamer Ibn Rashid towards Oman in order to aid Shaikh Jāsim, 1888-89;
- Jāsim carrying munitions of war by sea, 1889;
- Turkish project of rebuilding Zubara, 1888;
- Turkish measures for establishing their jurisdiction on a firmer basis on the Arab coast. Increase of Turkish forces in Qatar, 1888;
- Intrigues of Jāsim against Abu Dhabi, 1889-90;
- Turkish projects for rebuilding Zubara and ’Odaid, 1890-91;
- Hostilities between Shaikh Jāsim and the Turks, 1891-93;
- British policy towards Jāsim during the hostilities. Chief of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, 1893;
- Question of Turkish jurisdiction in Qatar, 1893;
- Removal by Turkish authorities of the British flag from a boat at Al-Bidda, 1897;
- Occupation of Zubara by the Al-bin-Ali tribe with the support of the Turks and Shaikh Jāsim. Threatened attack of Bahrain, and the energetic measures taken to expel the settlement, 1895;
- Arab rising against the Turks in Qatar;
- Disturbances off the Qatar coast between the Amamera and Al-bin-Ali tribes, 1900;
- Piracies committed by the Beni Hajir off the Qatar coast, 1900;
- Reconsideration of our general policy on the Arab side of the Gulf;
- (1) Proposed British protectorate over the Chief of Qatar; (2) Aggressive action of the Porte in attempted to establish mudirates at ’Odaid, Wakra and Zubara, 1902-04.
The appendices are as follows:
- A. Memorandum on the causes of the hostility between Shaikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi and Shaikh Jāsim;
- B. Extract from Captain Daly’s draft letter to the address of 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , submitted for approval on 14 January 1901, relating to Qatar;
- C. Memorandum by Mr EC Block, dated 11 March 1903, about the Turkish claim over Qatar.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (46 folios)
- Arrangement
The contents of the précis are arranged in rough chronological order, and organised under a number of subheadings, with each paragraph numbered from 1 to 229. Three appendicies follow the main précis. There is a contents page at the front of the volume (f 5) which lists the subheadings with their corresponding paragraph numbers. The appendices are referenced using the volume’s pagination system.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside 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.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, with page numbers located top and centre of each page.
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