Publication Date
9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
268
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/2/203
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x0003aa
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
9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
and related clashes that took place between the forces of Qatar and members of the Al Naim tribe (allied to the Al Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain).
Much of the correspondence relates to British-mediated negotiations and as such, it consists of letters (in Arabic and English translation) between Tom Hickinbotham, Britain's
Political Agent
A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency.
in Bahrain, and the rulers of Qatar and Bahrain, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī and Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah, respectively. The file also contains correspondence between Hickinbotham, Shaikh Rashīd bin Muḥammad, Chief of the Al Naim tribe and Charles Belgrave, the Adviser to the Government of Bahrain.
The file contains copies of British Government correspondence from 1874-1876 when similar tensions had arisen between Qatar and Bahrain over
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
(ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of
Zubarah
18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
(ff 251-263).
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
Confidential Files: 4/13 II
