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'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah' [184r] (382/462)
The record is made up of 1 volume (231 folios). It was created in 21 Jul 1937-14 Nov 1946. 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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annoys the Shaikh of Bahrain. I am pretty sure that the
Shaikh of Qatar would never agree to our demolishing the
tower on his behalf as you suggest, and I do not think that
you could insist on the Shaikh of Qatar evacuating it for
I doubt if we should be on sufficiently strong ground, let
alone the fact that as long ago as 1875 His Majesty s
Government refused to intervene on behalf of the ShaiKn
of Bahrain in Qatar. You may think that the 1944 agreement
comes into the picture, but my view is that the divergencies
of opinion of the two Shaikhs of the time of "previously
estops that. The Shaikh of Bahrain, backed by the Political
Agent's letter (No. C/958 dated the 21st June, 1944, forwarded
r- under our letter No. C/968 dated the 24th June, 1944), maintains
that it means ante 1936, while the Shaikh of Qatar - which
information I ascertained on my recent tour - maintains tnat
it means ante the date of signature. This is reasonable,
and I note that Hickinbotham makes no mention of discussion
on the point in his Note dated the 18th June 1944, forwarded
under
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
printed letter No. C/939 dated the 19June,
1944. I discussed the point with the ShaiKh but he
to his opinion. The tower was built between the years 1^36
and 1944, and therefore the Shaikh of Bahrain can maintain
that the Shaikh of Qatar has broken the agreement by building
the tower but the Shaikh of Qatar would hold the reverse.
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I broached the question of visits from the Al
Khalifah and Bahrain subjects to Qatar and the Shaikh, rather
Shaikh Hamad for Shaikh Abdullah was absent being sick, said
that any member of the Al Khalifah would be most welcome in
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
, but that previous warning of their arrival would be
necessary to enable the Al Thani to make suitable arrangements.
7 # as regards Bahrain subjects visiting
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
,
he said that they might come and that they would be accorded
the same treatment as Qataris visiting Bahrain. That seems
fair enought and in keeping with the agreement for the status
quo ante - so far as I know - was not that Qatar was open
to all Bahrainis but that the rights of movement were as I
have described them in paragraph two of this letter.
7
JANC.
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This file contains correspondence regarding the situation after hostilities that occurred between the Al Naim tribe (supported by Bahrain) and Qatar in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. in June and July 1937.
The correspondence covers the period immediately following the events and continues for several years until 1946. It contains details of British mediation efforts between the two sides and also includes the text (in English and Arabic) of a reconciliation agreement between the two sides from 1944.
The file also contains a translation of an Arabic-language letter published in the Cairo publication 'Rabitat Al Arabieh' (f. 25). The letter is from a Bahraini and argues that the British had sided with Qatar in the conflict regarding Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. as they were afraid that if under Bahraini control, the concession for oil deposits near the town would be given to an American (as opposed to British) oil company as had been done in Bahrain.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (231 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. There are two 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 title page, on number 1, and runs through to 224, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f.1A; f.126A; f.126B; f.141A; f.141B.
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- IOR/R/15/1/371
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- 'File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:4r, 6r:9r, 10r:24v, 28v:34v, 36v:39v, 40v:41v, 42v:45v, 47v, 49v:57v, 58v:83v, 86v:101v, 102v:125v, 126ar:126bv, 127r:140v, 141ar:141bv, 142r:174v, 175v, 177r:186r, 187r:223v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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