'File 4/13 II Zubarah'

Title:

'File 4/13 II Zubarah'

Date:

1937/1937

Description:

Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding tensions between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah 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 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 (ff 178-197) and also includes a series of 12 black and white, aerial photographs of Qatar, mainly of Zubarah (ff 251-263).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional incomplete foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 219-234; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled, and are located in the same position as the main sequence. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Sovereignty
Āl Na‘īm (Tribe)

Geographic region:

Zubarah

Rights:

المُلكية العامة

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003aa_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0003aa_en
IOR/R/15/2/203
IOR/R/15/2/203

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