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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [156r] (326/460)
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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T r an3 lati o n of a letter No.432 dated 23rd October 1915,
from the
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Agent, Shargah, to the Political Reaident
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
A beg to report that in the 11th ZihiJ.jah 1333 (=13th
October 191") Khalifah bin Shaikh Jasim of Qatar arrived at
Shargah and took up hi a residence with the Shaikh of that
place. Khalifah arrived first at Abu Dhabi and then came to
Uibai whence ho has now come to i3har/?:ah. He has a letter on
his person from the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi to that of Shargah
recommending him to the latter.
Khalifah has lodged a claim against a certain man of
Qatar, who has been residing for some tiias years at Khan,
which belongs to the Shaikh of Shargah, alleging that the man ■
has stolen pearls at Qatar and sold them at Abu Dhabi to the
worth of £.2,000 and that he should recover the money realised
from the sale of the pearls at Abu Dhabi.
The man, who married recently at Shargah, repudiates
Khalifah*3 claim and asks him to produce proofs in supprrt of
it.
The leading men of Shargah are astonished by Xhalifah's
claim, seeing that he is from the house of the Shaik of Qatar
and that his brother is Abdullah bin Jasim, shaikh of Qatar,
which is reported to have been occupied by the British Govem-
raent, and do not know how he possesses a letter from the Shaikh
of Abu Dhabi in connection with this claim. Thycase has not
yet been settled.
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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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