Author
Abol Cassim
Publication Date
27 May 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
4
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
Mss Eur F126/50, ff 29-32
Record ID
vdc_100023483821.0x000003
Library Location
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.
Date
27 May 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
Memorandum, in Arabic and English, written by Abol Cassim,
Residency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India.
Moonshee [
Munshi
A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf.
] detailing the recent history of Guttur [Qatar] from 1218 Hijri (
c.
1803).
The history includes details of the principal settlements of Al Bida'a [Doha], Al Wakrah and Al Zabarah, the tribes that occupied them and their trade and livelihood.
The memo also documents attacks on the towns by other tribes; Guttur's relationship with Bahrein [Bahrain]; Bahrein's rulership; Khalifeh ben Selman's alliance with Ben Sa'ud and succesful attack on Bahrein
c
.1842 after which he became Shaikh of Bahrein; taxation on Guttur pearl fisheries; the destruction of Zobarah; Bahrein and Guttur as territories of Ben Sa'ud, the Persians or the Turks; the rise of Bida'a as a merchant town; and Guttur being considered to be under the jurisdiction of Ben Sa'ud owing to its tribute to Bahrein being paid by them to Ben Sa'ud.
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