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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [50r] (104/543)
The record is made up of 1 file (268 folios). It was created in 9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937. 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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D.O. No. 568/Si) 1 .
Bahrain, June 26, 193?.
Dear Hickinbotham,
I have enquired about the matter of the house
occupied by the ^atar representatives. The arrange
ments for their entertainment were in the hands of
his Highness* steward, Abdullah bin Jabr. he informs
me that the servants provided by us were left in the
house after Nasr returned but on the i’riday in question
they locked the front door and left the back door open.
Nasr returned with money intending to tip the servants
but found the door locked and went straight to his
launch v/here he remained. Abdullah bin Jabr assumed
that negotiations had ceased and that Nasr was no
longer an official guest; the house was then locked up.
No mention was made of the matter to the Bahrain
representatives by Nasr, had he let them know they
would of course have seen that the former arrangements
were continued.
It is most unfortunate that this misunderstanding
should have ocurred. His ilighness of course knew
nothing whatever about it and would I know be most
distressed at any reflection on his hospitality.
Yours sincerely,
Captain T. Hickinbotham, 1.^.,
H.d.M’s
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
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Bahrain.
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This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain).
Much of the correspondence relates to British-mediated negotiations and as such, it consists of letters (in Arabic and English translation) between Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in Bahrain, and the rulers of Qatar and Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Hickinbotham, Shaikh Rashīd bin Muḥammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe and Charles Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
The file contains copies of British Government correspondence from 1874-1876 when similar tensions had arisen between Qatar and Bahrain over Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. (ff 251-263).
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- 1 file (268 folios)
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 219-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/203
- Title
- 'File 4/13 II Zubarah'
- Pages
- 35r:35v, 50r:50v, 108r:108v, 112r:112v, 114r:116v, 127r:128v, 152r:152v, 167r:167v, 231r:231v
- Author
- Belgrave, Sir Charles Dalrymple
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