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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [187r] (379/543)
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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(Original on Bundle no.53 -file no .323-Vol. 15-"Banrain
Affairs - Marcn 1875 to June lti76 M ).
copy*
translation.
yrom - the CHief of Bahrain Shaikh »au
To
Colonel Hose ,
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.
,
Persian uulf.
15th Safar 1292 .
23rd Marcn l«7o.
a/c.
^.eceivea 2otn Marcn
187 D.
four esteemed letter of tne 4tn safar nas oeen
12tn Marcn IttVo
received and its contents understood. You tell me to abstain
moretnan ever from interference in affairs of tne mainland and
tnas we acquainted you before in our letter dated 2otn itonurram
4tn Marcn 187o.
Verily we nave acted according to your letter of tne 2nd ZuUcaada
I2tn Deer*1874
tnat is according to your saying to us tnat "ive wll not prevent
you if it be your wish to send forces for the defence of tnat
place simply e.g. /Sobarah," and Your Honour jenowo tnat tne whole of
Katr is subservient to tne Ruler of Bahrain and in Colonel Pelly^
time (tney) paid us zaicat (tribute) and for tne sake of tne English
Power we nave restrained ourselves from then but z»obarah we have
told jfour Honour it is ours (or our country) and it is not
possible we should be negligent about it (or tne expression may
mean ’•give it up").
f e trust to your assistance in tne representation of our
case to the iritian Government and tnat we snail not be compelled
to give up our possessions.
'
Copy forwarded to Government of India under Political
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.
esident's letter Ho.406 of 3rd April 1876
Iog~ —
Ho. 417 "
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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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- 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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