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IOR/L/PS/12/3963
- Record Id:
- 040-000559040
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000216
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064786200.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3963
- Title:
- Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar'
- Scope & Content:
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The file contains correspondence, reports, and intelligence summaries, sent to the India Office, and later the Foreign Office, concerning affairs in Qatar. The reports refer frequently to the 'unsatisfactory' state of internal affairs in Qatar.
The papers include: reports by the Political Agent, Bahrain on visits to Qatar, 1941 and 1943 (including references to internal politics and slavery); the situation in Zubara, 1944; reports of attacks on Indian and Pakistani nationals in Qatar, 1949; the abdication of Shaikh Abdullah [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī], and accession of Shaikh Ali [‘Alī bin ‘Abdullāh Āl Thānī], 1949; and general matters, 1949.
There are no papers dated 1945-48. The file also includes the text of a treaty, dated 3 November 1916, between HM Government and the Ruler of Qatar (folios 21-22).
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is at folio 23.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000559040 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3963 : Coll 30/219 'Affairs in Qatar' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0264]/040-000559040
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (33 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000216
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 4 Nov 1941-7 Nov 1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; 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 foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-33; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/219
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file. Folios 2-4 are file notes.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)