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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [124r] (264/460)
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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Translation of a letter dated Shaban 1333 (= July 1915)''"
f r0 ra Sayed Shakir Effendl, Officer Commanding the Turkish
Garrison at Qatar, to Yusuf Fakhru, Bahrain.
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well then, brother, we must bring to your notice what we
nssdi and that Is well -enown to you, and it does not appear
necessary to mention it. It is now ten months that we have not
reoeivsi any rations or pay from our Government, and the reasons
are not due to the deficiency of our Government, God be praised,
aa our Government is in a good way; but it is owing to there
being no roads and no communications that we have met with this
sort of thing, and today we have taken refuge in your neighbour
hood, and when there are men of zeal and manhood like you and
others, how can you accept that we should remain in need of
certain things, and not help us with a loan of money and not do
what is due.
Tftis is not your character but considering what we have
learnt about your piousness, and your kindheartedness and your
alncerity we thought you would give us what we require therefore
on receipt of our letter you should arrange a sum of Rs.2000/-
for us as a loan, and with this you may buy for us 30 bags flour
of the best quality such as arrived recently, and which is of
full weight, and sold at Rs.18/- to 20/-, and if could be had
at a cheaper rate it will be still better; but it should be new
flour of full weight and the bags should be soimd in condition
and not damaged and ten tins of ghee which should be neither
superior aor inferior, but of middle quality and if any of your
ghee remains with Abdur Rahman Hassan do not take it but settle
price and we will take it from him and whatever money remains
ar ter the purchase of flour you nay send it through Abdur Rahman
^asan and afterwards we will submit to you the bond, and you
oblige us very much for your this kindness and your great
eff ort3 and true friendship. Do not disappoint us for blame
wi;i1 be due. You should consider us like divers against whom
you hav 9 thousands of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
, which you can hardly recover.
Insha Allah
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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)
- Arrangement
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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