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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [80r] (164/543)
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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4 .\
Telegram
From
To
No.
Dated
R 17
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.
, Bahrain
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
, Bushire
162
1st July 1937.
Immediate.
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My telegram July the 1st No. 160
2. Adviser has informed me that the negotiations
failed and that there is a state of war prevailing with
of
lootingj/villages containing Nsl!? s?nd their adherents hking
place. The ShsfiKh of Qatar 1 s forces were 15 miles south
west of Ghariyah on June the 30th.
3. The Shaikh of Bahrain requests that the Shaikh of
Qatar may be restnaind from making war on Bahrain subjects
who reside in the
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
area which he claims to be his
own. He further reports the seizuce by the orders of the
Shaikh of Qatar of a Bahrain
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
visiting Dohah for
commer/cial purposes and requests that the Shaikh of Qatar
may be prevented from seizing such TBess&ls.
4. I have now received July the 1st a letter tfom the
Shaikh of Qatar again withdrawing his undertaking in no
uncertain terms as the negotiations are biminated and he
peoposes. to tike what steps he considers necessary to aeal
with his recalcitrant subjects. He ends by saying that he
will not be responsible for anything that may now happen.
5. I request Imperial Airways and Rojial Air Force be
warned not to fly low over Qatar.
ill I f
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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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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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- Title
- 'File 4/13 II Zubarah'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:5v, 7r:10v, 12r:15v, 17r:20v, 22r:34v, 36r:46v, 48r:49v, 51r:57v, 59r:64v, 66r:75v, 79r:80v, 83r:107v, 109r:111v, 113r:113v, 117r:124v, 126r:126v, 129r:145v, 147r:151v, 153r:153v, 157r:164v, 166r:166v, 168r:213v, 215r:230v, 232r:232v, 234r:235v, 236ar:236av, 237r:240v, 242r:245v, 247r:247v, 249r:267v, back-i
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