File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎349r] (133/818)

PERSIAN GULF— Bahrein —N0. X—1861 AND XI—1868
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British Resident, provided the British Agent located at Bahrein shall fail to adjust
them satisfactorily. In like manner the British Resident will use his good offices
for the welfare of the subjects of Bahrein in the ports of the maritime Arab tribes
of this Gulf in alliance with the British Government.
Article 5.
These Articles of alliance shall have effect from the date of ratification or ap-
pr oval by the British Government. ^
Done at Bahrein this twentieth day of Zilkad, in the year of the Hegira 1277
corresponding with the thirty-first day of May 1861.
Felix Jones,
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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Seal of Sheikh Mahomed Ruler of Bahrein.
Seal of Sheikh Ali bin Khuleefa, Brother of the above,
Elders of Bahrein and witnesses to this Convention.
Seal of Sheikh Hamid bin Mahomed, cousin of Sheikh Mahomed,
Seal of Sheikh Ahmed bin Mubarek, cousin of Sheikh Mahomed.
Seal of Sheikh Khuleefa bin Mahomed, counsin of Sheikh
Mahomed.
Approved by His Excellency the Governor-General in Council on the 9th
October 1861, and ratified by the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. on 25th February 1862.
No. XI.
Translation of the Agreement entered into by Ali Bin Khuleefa, Sheikh
of Bahrein— 1868.
We, the undersigned, Ali bin Khalifeh and the inhabitants and subjects o^
Bahrein in general, do hereby declare that Mahomed bin Khalifeh having repeated-
ly commited acts of piracy and other irregularities at sea, and having now, after
his recent piratical act, fled from Bahrein, has forfeited all claim to his title as
principal Shaikh and Chief of Bahrein, and at the present moment there being
no other Shaikh, I, Ali bin Khalifeh, received the Resident’s letter addressed
to Mahomed bin Khalifeh, and have understood the demands therein made, and
I hereby agree and accept the conditions as follows :—
1st. To make over to-morrow morning 19th Jemadi-ool-awul 1285 (7th Sep’
tember 1868), to the high in rank, Captain Brown, Commanding Her Majesty’s
ships present, all the war buglas and buteels belonging to Mahomed bin Khalifeh
and myself,
2nd. To pay the Resident the sum of one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of dollars in the manner spe
cified below :
25,000 dollars cash, payable on the spot on the 7th September 1868.