"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٨‎٠‎٢] (١٧٨٢/٩٥٧)

802
Agreement
in respect of
tribute to
Babiain.
Redress ob
tained for
robbery of
British sub
jects.
Nothing- is known of the manner in which the A1 Tham had at lamed
by 1868, to predominant influence in Qatar ; they were M.) adlud and
therefore of the A1 Bin-^Ali, the tribe of 'Isa-bin-Tarif *
A further agreement was furnished by Shaikh Muhammad-bin-Thani
and the chief Shaikhs of the Qatar Bedouins according to which the
tribute, if any, payable by them to Bahrain should be detemiined Ik fou
the British Resident, and paid in future through the Residency ^ and
Colonel Pelly then addressed a letter to a all the Chiefs of Qatar/' in
forming them of the settlement reached, and warning them of the
consequences of any future breach of the maritime peace.
Before leaving Wakrah the Resident adverted to a robbery, which had
taken place there, of property belonging to certain British Indian subjects
resident in Bahrain; and he demanded of the assembled Shaikhs the
payment of 18,000 Qrans as compensation. The amount was immediate
ly produced, one-third in cash and two-thirds in the shape of a bill on a
wealthy pearl merchant of Lingeh, the bill being secured by a sealed
bag of pearls which was handed over to Colonel Pelly to be delivered to
the merchant on receipt of payment. The sum actually realised in this
case amounted to 18,699 Qrans ; and out of this ]6,200 Qrans were paid
away to two complainants who were able to give proof of their losses.
History of Qatar from the attack by the Shaikhs of Bahrain and
Abu Dhabi to the occupation of Dohah by the Turks, 1867-71
During the four years following the great raid made on Qatar by the
Shaikhs of Bahrain and Abu Dhabi no event of importance occurred in
the promontory, and the political situation there remained unchanged.
Occupation
of Dobah by
the Turks,
1871 -72.
General history of Qatar from the Turkish occupation of D5hah
to a rebellion against Turkish authority, 1871-93.
In July 1871, a little more than a month after the occupation of
Qatif by the Turks, a deputation, headed by the Shaikh of Kuwait, was
sent by the commander of the Turkish troops to Dohah in Qatar and
succeeded in persuading Jasim, the son of Muhammad-bin-Thani, Shaikh
of Dohah and the most influential man in Qatar, to accept the Turkish
flag ; the senior Shaikh, now old and infirm, did not approve of the step,
and continued for a time to fly the Arab flag over his own house. On
news of this event reaching Bushehr, Colonel Pelly, the Resident in
* Vide pages 795 and 799 ante.