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'File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah' [93r] (192/416)
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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At ray request Shaikh Nasir bin Atieh and Saleh
bin Mana came to see me yesterday. I questioned them
on the course of the negotiations. It appeared that no
progress had been made and that both sides had contented
themselves with saying that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
belonged to them.
They informed me that Shaikh Abdullah bin *Jsa had
stated Bahrain's terms and they were that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
should
be part of Bahrain, import dues not to be levied on
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
or the Na^m and export dues to be levied on
goods leaving
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
on the land side. The oil posi
tion was to be left indeterminate. I asked if they
had questioned Shaikh Abdullah bin 'Isa carefully with
regard to what he meant about oil but they said that
they had not. They further stated that the terms were
such that it would not be worth while informing Shaikh
* Abdullah bin Qassim. i asked them what their instruc
tions were from Shaikh 'Abdullah bii^ Qassim and it
appeared that they had not received any concise instruc
tions at all. i pointed out to them that it was fear
them to question the Bahrain representatives fully with
regard to the proposition put forward by them and that
they should not content themselves with merely saying
"No" or "Impossible^. They were representatives and
negotiators and they should do all they could to search
for some way round the obstacle. Saleh bin Mana then
gave me a history of Qatar's claim to
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and i
then asked Shaikh Nasir bin Atieh if, according to Arab
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custom, a house was built and then left unoccupied for
many years and then the descendant of the builder re
turned to the house, to whom would the house be considered
to belong. Shaikh Nasir was unwilling to answer this
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question and although it was explained to him by myself
and/-
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (210 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 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 View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/369
- Title
- 'File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:60v, 61v:82v, 84r:89v, 91r:108v, 111v:120v, 122v:129v, 132r:146v, 150v:151r, 152r:167v, 169r:183v, 184v, 185v:190v, 192r:205v, ii-r:ii-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