This file contains correspondence between the British Assistant Political Agent, and later the British Political Agent, at Bahrain and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with British officials in Constantinople, Basra and India. There is also correspondence...
File E.2. Turkish Activities on the Mainland Adjacent to Bahrain: (i) Qatar; (ii) Zakhnuniya Island; (iii) Hawar
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This file contains correspondence between the British Political Agent at Bahrain; the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire; Yūsuf bin Aḥamad Kanoo [Kānū]; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar. In addition,...
File No. E/3. QATAR - Shaikhs Jasim & Ahmad al Thani & death of Shaikh Jasim in 1913
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire, Bahrain and the Foreign Department of the Government of India, as well as with Shaikh Jāsim bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī, Shaikh Aḥmad bin Muḥammad Āl Thānī and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī. The first part of the file cover...
File: E/4. Turkish mudirs of Wakra and Zubara on the Qatar Peninsular
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bushire and Bahrain, Dr Samuel Zwemer of the Arabian Mission, and Captain Kemp aboard HMS Phoenix. These correspondence primarily concern the presence of Turkish local governors (mudīrs) in the Qatar peninsula, in particular Yūsuf ...
File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Bushire; Captain Oldham on board HMS Lapwing; Shaikh ‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah, ruler of Bahrain; and the kaymakam (Ottoman governor) of al-Qaṭīf. These correspondence concern the murder in 1900 of Salmān bin Di‘aj Āl Kh...
File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913
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This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain, Bushire, and the Foreign Department of the Government of India and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, as well as reports by Yūsuf bin Aḥmad Kanoo. These correspondence and reports concern Britain's relations with the Āl T...
The majority of the file contains correspondence, reports, letters and telegrams between the British Political Agent at Bahrain and the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd), various local ruler...
This file contains correspondence between British Officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Kuwait, Sharjah and Basrah, as well as the India Office and the Government of India. Also included within the file is correspondence with various local leaders, including ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥman bin Fayṣal ...
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Basrah, Baghdad Bushire and Kuwait, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd); 'Abdullāh bin Jilūwī, Amir of Hasa; Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, ruler of Qatar; and ‘Abd al-‘A...
This file contains correspondence between British officials at Bahrain and Basrah, Baghdad, Bushire, Cairo and Kuwait, as well as with ‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd (Ibn Sa‘ūd). The correspondence predominantly concerns relations between Britain and Ibn Sa‘ūd, including hi...
