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'File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah' [192r] (386/416)
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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1*1
Dated 29th Babl A1 Awwal 1366.
(9th June 1937 )•
From - Shaikh Abdullah bin Qasim A1 Thani, C.I*£« 9
Ruler of Qatar.
To - The Honourable Lieutenant Colonel Sir T.C. Fowle,
K .0 .I.E., C .B.E. ^
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.
, Bushire.
After Compliments.
I have the honour to submit to your Honour the
question of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
. I have explained to your Honour
repeatedly about the provocation caused and the agression
done to us by Bahrain on account of this Imaginary claim
which is not set up on a foundation or basis according to
intellect and logic. I am surprised at this claim which
they have created in connection with
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
which is my land
and one of the Qatari Coasts.
Honourable 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.
I You asked me
when you visited Doha to send two representatives in
order to negotiate about the
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
Question and as I
infonaed your Honour that I was quite certain that there
was no necessity for negotiation in a clear matter, but
I could not disagree with your wishes. Airlin accordance
with your desire I sent my two representatives to Bahrain
for negotiation under the supervision of His Britannic
Majesty's Political A^ent there. Negotiations started
on the subject and my representative r j^oduced clear proofs
that
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
is a port inseperable from the Qatar Territory.
In conc lusion proposals were set forth to me by the repres
entatives of H.H. the Buler of Bahrain to which I did not
agree because I considered it the same claim which they
created but in order to preserve the friendly relations
existing between me and H.H. the Ruler of Bahrain and
in support of the mutual neighbourly friendship I
inserted some modifications in the same and sent it
to them through H.B.M's Politicsl Agent. I intimated
this
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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