ملف ٢١٨٢ لسنة ١٩١٣، الجزء ٣ "الخليج الفارسي، معاهدة قطر" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٢٥٤/٣٨)

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TREATY
Between the British Government and Shaikh Abdullah bin
Jasim bin Thani, Shaikh of Qatar*
Whereas my grandfather', the late Shaikh Mohammed bin thani, signed
an agreement on the 12th September 1868 engaging not to commit any
breach of the Maritime Peace, and whereas these obligations to the British
Government have devolved on me his successor in Qatar.
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I, Shaikh Abdullah bin Jasim bin Pbani, Undertake that I will, as do the
friendly Arab Shaikhs of Abu Dhabi, Dibai* Shargah, Ajman, Bas-ul-Rhaima
and Umtn-al-Qawain, co-operate with the High British Government in the
suppression of the slave-trade and piracy and generally in the maintenance
of the Maritime Peace.
To this end, Lieutenant*Colonel Sir Percy CoS, Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, has favoured me with the Treaties and Engagements, entered into
between the Shaikhs abovementioned and the High British Government, and I
hereby declare that I will abide by the spirit and obligations of the aforesaid
Treaties and Engagements.
II
On the other hand, the British Government undertakes that I and my
subjects and my and their vassals shall receive all the immunities, privileges
and advantages that are conferred on the friendly Shaikhs, their subjects and
their vassals. In token whereof, Sir Percy Cox has affixed his signature with
the date thereof to each and every one of the aforesaid Treaties and Engage
ments in the copy granted to me and I have also affixed my signature and
seal with the date thereof to each and every one of the aforesaid Treaties and
Engagements, in two other printed copies of the same Treaties and Engage
ments, that it may not be hidden.
III
And in particular, I, Shaikh Abdullah, have further published a proclama
tion, forbidding the import and sale of arms into my territories and port of
Qatar; and in consideration of the undertaking into which I now enter, the
British Government on its part agrees to grant me facilities to purchase and
import, from the Maskat Arms Warehouse or such other place as the British
Government may approve, for my personal use, and for the arming of my
dependents, such arms and ammunition as I may reasonably need and apply
for in such fashion as may be arranged hereafter through the Political Agent,
Bahrein. I undertake absolutely that arms and ammunition thus supplied to
me shall under no circumstances be re-exported from my territories or sold to
the public, but shall be reserved solely for supplying the needs of my tribes
men and dependents whom I have to arm for the maintenance of order in my
territories and the protection of my Frontiers. In my opinion the amount of
my early requirements will be up to five hundred weapons.
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I, Shaikh Abdullah, further undertake that I will not have relations nor
correspond with, nor receive the agent of, any other Power without the consent
of the High British Government; neither will I, without such consent, cede,
to any other Power or its subjects, land either on lease, sale, transfer, gift, or
in any other way Whatsoever.
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I also declare that, without the consent of the High British Government,
I will not grant pearl-fishery concessions, or any other monopolies, concessions,
or cable landing rights, to anyone whomsoever.