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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [126r] (268/460)
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 an Arabic letter dated 3rd Shaban 13f53, from
gayed Shakir Effendi, Officer Goiimanding the Turkish Garrison at
Qatar, t0 Yusuf Fakhru, Bahrain.
—-0O0 -
01 affectionate brother and trustworthy friend I have receive
your letter and am very glad to hear about your safety. After
perusal, I understood fully what you mentioned therein in kind
language. I also received the enclosed letter from one who
promises and am very thankful for your favour and your very kind
efforts and affection; may God reward you with virtue, and bestow
on you all that He may wish and order.
01 brother we have no trustworthy friend of zeal who can
support the cry of Islam on this coast except you and some others
also at your port, beside you and these, all others are dogs and
false; their words show great difference to what is in their
hearts. Just consider the case of the Christians who have all
joined hands for the victory of their Government by money and by
saorifioe of lives, and we, the Moslems, have absolutely no
affection; neither towards our Government nor towards our Moslem
brithern, as a consequence of this it is now ten months that we
have not received anything from our Government neither money nor
food and the reasons are firstly due to absence of roads and
communioations, and secondly because they depend upon any Moslems
w^o may have zeal; but we have not yet received anything from the
Moslems except from two menj - a small amount according to their
p-eans. We praise God and thank him. Our Government in these
^ys ia good in all respects; but the roads are closed to us,
ar d we do not beg alms from any one except that we only want a
^oan but upto now we have not found anyone with zeal and desire
^ e ip us who will say H come here so and so^today the roads are
c ^ 0 sed to you,and you are in need of help. Here is money and you
m y take aa much as you require and hand us a bond till God gives
ar ^ ^turns our money**, but now this question is beyond expec-
from any person. You may just consider the question of
merchants who have thousands of
rupees
Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf.
out against the divers.
We
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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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- 'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913'
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- 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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