!['File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎146r] (291/322)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000159/IOR_R_15_1_372_0291.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎146r] (291/322)")
'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [146r] (291/322)
The record is made up of 1 file (161 folios). It was created in 14 Dec 1946-28 Aug 1948. 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. .
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
'Mi
CONFIDENTIAL .
D.O.No.C/R-145.
POLITICAL
AGENCY
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
,
BAHRAIfJ,
Dated 16th August, 1948
The main observation which 1/ have to make on the
draft enclosed with your D.0.No,B/279, dated the 12th
August, 1948, is that it is absolutely vain to expect
that we can "negotiate a private agreement whereby the
Shaikh of Qatar would extend to Your Highness and the
members of Your Highness 1 family the free right to visit
the ruins of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, though not to inhabit them"; and
any attempt to negotiate for this will only lead to
further misunderstanding and further bitterness.
2.^- This opinion may seem to conflict with that
\
implied in paragraph 4 of the draft forwarded with my
D.O.No.C/R-92, dated the 29th June, 1948, to Sir Rupert
Hay, in which I at least suggested a loop hole for further
examination of Bahrain's alleged "private rights". I had
not then however had the final evidence of the hardness
of the Qatar attitude forwarded by the Shaikh of Qatar's
letter, a copy of which was forwarded to you with
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
Printed Letter No.C/R-1287^dated the 28th July, 1948.
3. As I see it, the only thing to do now is to inform
the Shaikh of Bahrain, as I have already suggested several
times, that he is at liberty to repudiate the 1944 /
"Agreement" and to tell him that the Ruler of Qatar, as
sovereign
His Excellency Lt. Col. A.C. Galloway, CIE, OBE,
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.
,
BAHRAIN.
PERSIAN GULF
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
RE5PENCY_
A/0
/7<£l
OATE
CONFIDENTIAL RECORDS
About this item
- Content
This file contains correspondence about on-going tensions between Bahrain and Qatar regarding the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. after the Al Khalifa and Al Thani families had signed an agreement (mediated by the British) in 1944. The correspondence discusses disagreements between Bahrain and Qatar concerning their interpretation of the wording of the 1944 agreement and also the emigration of the Al Bu Rumaih tribe from Bahrain to Qatar (without permission of the ruler of Bahrain, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa).
On folios 8-4, the file contains a summary of all the key events related to the dispute over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. from 1766 until 1946.
A small sketch map of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and the surrounding area is contained on folio 117.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (161 folios)
- Arrangement
File is arranged in chronological order, from earliest at beginning of the file to most recent at end.
- Physical characteristics
Formerly a correspondence file bound with treasury tags, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose.
There are three incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and runs through to 161, ending on the inside of the back cover of the file.
f.117 is stored in an envelope (f.116).
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [146r] (291/322), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/372, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023636220.0x00005b> [accessed 29 March 2025]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636220.0x00005b
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636220.0x00005b">'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎146r] (291/322)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636220.0x00005b"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000159/IOR_R_15_1_372_0291.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000193.0x000159/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/372
- Title
- 'File 19/243 IV Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:105v, 106v, 115v:116v, 117v:160v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence