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Project / Collection Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme Language Arabic Place Zubarah, Asia, Qatar

1. IOR/L/PS/12/3883

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/12/3883
Title:
Coll 30/148 'Qatar: Question of ownership of Zubarah.'
Scope & Content:
The file concerns the dispute between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar concerning sovereignty over Zubarah on the Qatar mainland. Zubarah was said to have 'considerable sentimental value' (folio 68) to the Al Khalifah family, as they originally came from there to take over Bahrain; however, in bo...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
28 Apr 1937-16 Sep 1946
Extent:
1 file (147 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/1/319

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/319
Title:
File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about a number of topics regarding the relations of Bahrain and its ruler, Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, with foreign powers. The correspondence discusses the ownership of land by foreigners in Bahrain, Persian claims to sovereignty over Bahrain, the status o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Farsi
Date Range:
27 Jan 1913-5 Dec 1922
Extent:
1 volume (267 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/1/369

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/369
Title:
File 19/243 I (C 69) Zubarah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence related to tensions between Bahrain (and the Al Naim tribe) and Qatar concerning the ownership of Zubarah on the Qatar peninsula that took place between March and June 1937. At this time, the Al Naim tribe were allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1937-18 Jun 1937
Extent:
1 volume (210 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/1/370

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/370
Title:
File 19/243 II (C 72) Zubarah
Scope & Content:
File contains correspondence related to hostilities that occurred between the forces of Shaikh Abdullah bin Qassim Al Thani of Qatar and the Al Naim tribe that took place in June and July 1937. At this time, the Al Naim tribe was allied to the Al Khalifa ruling family of Bahrain who claimed Zu...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Jun 1937-24 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (212 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/1/371

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/371
Title:
File 19/243 III (C 95) Zubarah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding the situation after hostilities that occurred between the Al Naim tribe (supported by Bahrain) and Qatar in Zubarah in June and July 1937. The correspondence covers the period immediately following the events and continues for several years until 194...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Jul 1937-14 Nov 1946
Extent:
1 volume (231 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/1/372

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/372
Title:
File 19/243 IV Zubarah
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence about on-going tensions between Bahrain and Qatar regarding the ownership of Zubarah after the Al Khalifa and Al Thani families had signed an agreement (mediated by the British) in 1944. The correspondence discusses disagreements between Bahrain and Qatar concer...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Dec 1946-28 Aug 1948
Extent:
1 file (161 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/1/689

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/1/689
Title:
'Confidential 86/14-ii B.47 PETROLEUM CONCESSIONS LTD. BAHRAIN'
Scope & Content:
The volume comprises correspondence between the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf (Trenchard C Fowle, Percy G Loch, Olaf K Caroe, Hugh Weightman), the Political Agent at Bahrain (Percy G Loch, Hugh Weightman, Tom Hickinbotham, John B Howes), the India Office (Maurice J Clauson, Roland T Pee...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1936-12 May 1938
Extent:
1 volume (203 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/202

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/202
Title:
'File 4/13 I Zubarah'
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding a dispute that broke out between Qatar and Bahrain over the ownership of Zubarah on the Qatari peninsula. The hostilities began after the ruler of Qatar, Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī, attempted to impose taxation on members of the Al Naim tribe ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
14 Mar 1937-22 Jun 1937
Extent:

1 file (328 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/203

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/203
Title:
File 4/13 II Zubarah
Scope & Content:
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 rel...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
9 Jun 1937-28 Jul 1937
Extent:
1 file (268 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/205

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/205
Title:
File 4/13 IV Zubara
Scope & Content:
This file contains correspondence regarding negotiations between the rulers of Bahrain and Qatar, Shaikh Salmān bin Ḥamad Āl Khalīfah and Shaikh ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī respectively, concerning the disputed ownership of Zubarah on the Qatari peninsula and the strained relations between the ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Dec 1943-14 Apr 1945
Extent:
1 file (204 folios)