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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [‎132r] (274/448)

The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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Article 9.
The carrying off of slaves, men, women, or children,
from the coasts of Africa or elsewhere, and the transporting
them in vessels, is plunder and piracy, and the friendly
Arabs shall do nothing of this nature.
Article 10 .
The vessels of the friendly Arabs, hearing their flag
above described, shall enter into all the British ports and
into the ports of the allies of the British so far as they shall
be able to effect it; and they shall buy and sell therein, and
if any shall attack them, the British Government shall take
notice of it.
Article 11 .
These conditions aforesaid shall be common to all tribes
and persons, who shall hereafter adhere thereto in the same
manner as to those who adhere to them at the time present.
End of the Articles.
Issued at Has-ool-Kheimali, in triplicate, at midday, on
Saturday, the twenty-second of the month of Hdbe-ul-Awul,
in the year of the Hejira one thousand two hundred and
thirty-five, corresponding to the eighth of January one
thousand eight hundred and twenty, and signed by the con
tracting parties at the places and times under written.
Signed at Bas-ool-Kheimah at the time of issue by
(Sd.) W. Grant Keir,
Major- General.
(Sd.) Hassun bin Rahmah,
Sheikh of Hatt and Fahleia, formerly of
Ras-ool-Kheimah.
(Sd.) Kazib bin Ahmed,
Sheikh of Jourat al Kamra.
Signed at Bas-ool-Kheimah on Tuesday, the twenty-
fifth of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year of the
Hejira one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corre
sponding to the eleventh of January 1820.
(Sd.) Shakbout.
L,S ' Sheikh of Aboo Dhebbee.
Signed at Bas-ool-Kheimah at midday, on Saturday, the
twenty-ninth of the month of Rabe-ul-Awul, in the year of
the Hejira one thousand two hundred and thirty-five, corre
sponding to the fifteenth of January 1820.
(Sd.) Hassun bin Ali,
Sheikh of Zyah.
The seal is Captain Thompson’s, as Sheikh Hassun bin
Ali had not a seal at the time of signature.
l. s.
L.S.
l. s.
l. s.

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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.

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1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

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English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script
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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [‎132r] (274/448), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/10/606, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100038130333.0x00004b> [accessed 1 February 2025]

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