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'File 4/13 II Zubarah' [223r] (451/543)
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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1 did what was needful in such a ease, returning each of them
to his own abode and place after tailing the noeercary
precautions to ens^jire the non-recurrcnce of oinilar do eels
and thanlco be to the graces of God tranquility and peace
were restored to all sides of the country# X have desired
to inform you of this#
Honouratfte. that regrets no to mention is the action
of Bahrain during this period in providing ny insubordinate
subjects v/ith provisions, money, amc and anxiuaition r.nd
to acting towards spreading the spirit of revolution and
insubordination amongst mp snbjects • fven tliat I found
among the arms possessed by the robolo of r:\y subjects those
registered v/ith the r egi c tr at ion i^ri: of the Bahrein
Gover-imont and my oubJoctB allo;;od tl^it they load been sent
to them by the Bahrain Government* -hio confirms v:hat I
referred to before# X am sorry ikaiourablc for the actions
taken in Vihrain which X do not know on what grounds the
Bahrain iovorament did so*
ill ring the term of negotiations, t'te •iiraln l vemment
prohibited in general goods and boats going to fatar which
may be expressed as estrangement in addition to the continuous
provisions sent by them to ray rebel subjects# I have
communicated to you protesting a ;ainst the detection of
goods and their prohibition from entering jatar and X do eo-t
know as yet the cause which led the Bahrain Government to
adopt this course in opito of the friendship and the
strong amity and brotherly relations u:dsting hetwoen ne
and them# fhey have ado^ited aich a course that it is
neither permissible nor coi'rect to keep quiet about it#
x am really astonished and embarrassed from thi attitude
as thei'e is nothing between me and -%lxraln v/!iich would
necessitate this and X do not see the Bahrain have anything
which may Justify and permit this# I request four honour
therefore to take the nocenear/ steps in connection v/ith
this estrange lent which Bahrain has adopted against < n >ar
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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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- IOR/R/15/2/203
- 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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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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