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'File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah' [‎51r] (112/416)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (210 folios). It was created in 23 Mar 1937-18 Jun 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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(b) Sines about that date i.e. 1871 the A1 Tliani
(the present ruling faraily of ^atar) have held
^atar, including Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , and in 1875 the important
announcemont mentioned in paragraph 9 above was
made to the Shaiich of Bahrain.
(c) The action which Hi a Majesty's Governaent had to
take in 1895 on behalf of the Bahrain Crovernment
shows clearly that at that date the Bahrain Govern
ment, far from having any control over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ,
were actually threatened by invasion from that
plac e.
(d) With regard to the Bahrain case, see paragraph 3
(1), (2) and (3) above. The fact that on a single
occasion the Naim tribe obeyed the orders of the
Ru).er of Bahrain seems to me to prove little or
nothing. 1 j t ima. f aci e the further argument that
in audition to this specific case, the .Naim,
generally apeaicing, obey tne orders of the Ruler
of Bahrain, would seem to carry some weight.
There, however^ certain sections of an Arab tribe
have migrated from the territory of one Shaikh to
that of another, they still consider themselves
as owing some vague allegiance to the^r original
Shaikh and are generally subject to hie influence.
The Bahrain Dowasir tribe, for instance, some
years ago being on bad terms with the Ruler of
Bahrain, emigrated to Hasa. /hile there they
doubtless received messages from the Ruler of
Bahrain and evidently considered themselves as
owing some allegiance to him, since finally they
asked /

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This file contains correspondence related to tensions between Bahrain (and the Al Naim tribe) and Qatar concerning the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. on the Qatar peninsula that took place between March and June 1937.

At this time, the Al Naim tribe were allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain who claimed Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as a part of their own territory (the family had been based there before their conquest of Bahrain in 1783). The British authorities did not recognise the Al Khalifa's claim to Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and mediated between the two sides. The file contains extensive details of this mediation process.

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1 volume (210 folios)
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File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.

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A bound correspondence volume of which the front and back covers have become unattached.

The main foliation sequence starts at the title page and continues through to the 2nd folio from the back of the volume; these numbers are written in pencil, 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.

A second foliation sequence, also written in pencil but not circled starts on f.2 and runs to f.204; these numbers can also be found 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. This system forks on f.30 to form a third foliation sequence, which is out of step with the second sequence due to the fact the 1st folio marked with this sequence is labelled with a range; these numbers are also not circled, written in pencil and can be found in the same position as the other two sequences.

Foliation Errors: 1A and 1B.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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