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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [55r] (126/460)
The record is made up of 1 volume (223 folios). It was created in 19 Jun 1913-30 Jan 1920. 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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An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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Bahrein, the 11th September 1914
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The up mall ie later than I expected,so I have
had more time to consider your No.Cf-S02 regarding Matr.
It is my ignorance of Arabe and Arabic that makes me very
chary of expreasing an opinion.
V/ere a Brahui or Baluch Chief to behave as Abdullah has
done on the slightest provocation I should not look on
it as having any special significance. Petulance in one
of their outstanding characteristics,and it has the
desired effect on the tribe;moreover the Chief is a chief
by Divine Right. Abdullah,however,is not even the
eldest son,and there was no particular reason why he
should be made Chief. Even in Shaikh Jasim's time,Shaikh
Ahmad had,in some ways,more power than the Chief. His
sons are ambitious,unscrupulous and lawless. Abdullah is
afraid of them and not particularly keen on ^eing Chief
over such a troublesome lot. His private inclinations
would,! believe,be to invite us in to bolster him up and
make his pearl dealing business safe and profitable, iie
kno"s that any half measures on these lines would mean
opposition and probably assassination. Can we go the
whole way? Depott recalcitrant cousins,warn off Bin
Saud,place an Agent with a small guard in Qatr and for a
time at any rate,keep a Man-of-war handy.
I think Yusuf Kanoo underestimates the weight of
the Bin Saud element. He has frecpently told me that
Bin Saud could not raise^ thousand fighting men and that
a united atr could easily beat him off. He believes
that Bin Saud dislikes him personally. His ever ambitione
in the ^atr direction are a regular obsession, and I thini
we ought to discount all his information considerably.
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, as well as reports by Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo.
These correspondence and reports concern Britain's relations with the Āl Thānī family in the context of the Anglo-Ottoman Convention of 1913 and the nature of a possible treaty with Qatar; reports by Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo concerning the death of Shaikh Jāsim in 1913 and the succession of his son, Shaikh ‘Abd Allāh (folios 22-33); the withdrawal of the Turkish garrison from al-Bida‘ (Doha) in 1915 (folios 71-99); and the progress of the First World War and the Tangistan affair (folio 90).
The latter part of the file concerns the state of the pearling industry in Qatar; the case of a pearl thief in 1915, involving the Shaikhs of Qatar, Bahrain and Sharjah; and relations between Qatar and Bahrain as told by Ṣāliḥ al-Māni‘ (folios 213-217). In addition, there are details concerning the conclusion of the Anglo-Qatar Treaty on 3 November 1916 (folios 201-208).
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- 1 volume (223 folios)
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This file is arranged in approximately chronological order.
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Foliation: This file has two foliation numbers in the front top right hand corner of each folio. The primary number is enclosed by a circle and begins on the first page. The secondary number is not enclosed by a circle, appears on the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and the top left hand corner of the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. of the page, and begins on the first page of text.
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- Title
- 'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1ar:1dv, i-r:i-v, 1er:1ev, 2r:21v, 34r:36v, 38r:38v, 40r:42v, 44r:61r, 62r:81v, 82v:86r, 87r:110r, 111r:113r, 114r, 115r:120v, 123v:130r, 131r:142v, 143v:145v, 146v:154v, 156r:171v, 172v:176v, 177v:178v, 180r:189v, 191r:194r, 195r, 196r:199r, 200r:222v, 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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