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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’ [183r] (376/448)
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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Treaties and Undertakings, etc., in force between the
British Government and the Rulers of Bahrain,
1820—1914
[ Note. —In the event of doubt hereafter arising as to the precise interpretation of any portion of the Engl'sh
Arabic text of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the English text shall be considered decisive.]
No. 1.
TRANSLATION OF THE PRELIMINARY TREATY WITH THE
SHAIKHS OF BAHRAIN, 1820.
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate !
Know all men there hath come into the presence of General Sir William
Grant Keir the Saeed Abdool Jalil, Vakeel on the part of the Shaikhs
Suleiman bin Ahmed and Abdulla bin Ahmed, and there have passed between
the General and the said Ahdool Jalil, on the part of the ahovenamed, the
following stipulations:—
Article 1.
That the Shaikhs shall not permit from henceforth, in Bahrain or its
dependencies, the sale of any commodities which have been procured by means
of plunder and piracy, nor allow their people to sell anything of any kind
whatsoever to such persons as may be engaged in the practice of plunder; and
if any of their people shall act contrary hereto, it shall be equivalent to an act
of piracy on the part of such individuals.
Article 2.
That they shall deliver up all the Indian prisoners who may be in their
possession.
Article 3.
The Shaikhs Suleiman bin Ahmed and Abdulla bin Ahmed shall be
admitted to the terms of the general treaty with the friendly Arabs. End of
the articles.
Issued at Shargah in triplicate on Saturday, the twentieth of the month of
Rabe-ool-Thany, in the year of the Hegira one thousand two hundred and
thirty-five, corresponding to the fifth of February one thousand eight hundred
and twenty.
W. G. KEIR, Major-General.
The above articles accepted by me in quality of Vakeel of the Shaikh
named above.
(Sd.) SAEED ABDOOL BIN SAEED YAS AL TABATABAI.
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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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- 183r:184r, 185v:186r, 187r:187v, 196v:198r, 199v:200v
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