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'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [182r] (378/460)
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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telegral:.
Fowle, Bahrain,
Sir Percy Cox, Basra,
75-G
2Sth Octr. 1916.
Your telegram 5523.
I should like a trip to ie.tar and can nanage it without
inconvenience.
I received today an open letter from Bin Baud to your
address which he asked re to read and telegraph on. 3let
as follows; First. Turkish Government has ser.t 25 Serian
and Turkish Officers, 300 soldiers with guns and supplies
and Rasheed bin fc'la the Constantinople a^aaL of rbn Has-eel
to Ibn Rasheed. Rasheed with 1 Turkish and 2 German Rtlixac
o^icers has left Hail in direction of Iraq. Second. Turks
.
in Medina have abandoned idea of moving on -iacca, and the
troops detailed for this expedition have returned '.o Syria.
Third. Bin Saud is
very anxious to have an intsmr witn
you, and says he Trill be in Hassa or.
can postpone yoi
Bin Eaud and he
<,atar visit week or
7th 3ovember. If you
ten days I will inform
meet you
at Cat if on 15 th Kovember.
Poeeibly he could be at Qatif before that date but a margin
for unforseen delays on hie part has to be allowed for.
Fowle
-oCo-
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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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