'File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895'
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- 'File 19/12 Bahrain, Precis of Zobara Affairs in 1895'
- Date:
- 1895/1895
- Description:
- Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding an attempt by Sultan bin Mohamed bin Salamah (the head of the Al bin Ali tribe in Bahrain) - with the assistance of Shaikh Jasim Al Thani of Qatar and the Ottoman Governor (Mutasarrif) of El Hasa - to establish a settlement at Zubarah on the Qatar Peninsula.The British were entirely opposed to this idea and the correspondence contains details of their reaction to it, including an account of a bombardment of a fleet of dhows at Zubarah by the H. M. S. Sphinx in September 1895.Physical description: Formerly a bound correspondence volume, the file's pages have been unbound and are now loose. Foliation starts on first page with writing (3rd folio in volume). Foliation is in pencil in top right corner of recto. The following foliation errors occur: f.61 is followed by f.61A. f.73 is replaced by f.73A and f.73B.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Foreign relations
Āl bin 'Alī (Tribe)
Āl Khalīfah (Family) - Geographic region:
- Zubarah
Bahrain
Būshehr - Rights:
- المُلكية العامة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00011f_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x00011f_en
IOR/R/15/1/314
IOR/R/15/1/314