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First Exclusive Agreement executed by the Shaikh of Bahrain
undertaking to abstain from entering into negotiations or
making treaties with any foreign power, 22 December 1880
[IOR: R/15/1/740]
2.07 The re-opening of the Persian claim, 1885—1888 411
The question of the Persian claim to sovereignty over Bahrain
re-opened, 1885-1886; intrigues to establish Persian sovereignty
over Bahrain, 1887-1888 [from J. A. Saldanhas Precis of Bahrein
affairs, 1854-1904 (Simla, 1904), IOR: L/P&S/20/C241, pp.
72-76]
A. Nicholson, Charge d’Affaires, Tehran, to Foreign Office,
1 December 1886, and 27 September & 22 December 1886;
India Office to Government of India, 28 January 1887; Foreign
Office to India Office, 8 January 1887, and reply, 21 January
1887 [IOR: R/15/1/184]
2.08 Relations with Qatar, 1881-1891; Zubarah; Anglo-Turkish
rivalry; the Exclusive Agreement with Britain, 1892 421
Peace agreement with Qatar, 1881: reconciliation between
Shaikh Jasim b. Muhammad A1 Thani and the Shaikhs of
Bahrain, December 1881 [IOR: P/1917, Government of India
Foreign Department Political Proceedings, April 1882]
Bani Hajir attacks on Bahrainis, 1886-1887: piratical attacks on
Bahrain subjects committed by the Bani Hajir bedouins of
Katr, Septcmbcr-Novcmbcr 1886; piracies near the El Katr
and El Katif coasts of the Persian Gulf, December 1886-April
1887 [IOR: P/3035, Government of India Foreign Department External
Proceedings, January and May 1887]
Projects for rebuilding Zubarah, 1888: Government of India
Foreign Department External Proceedings, June and August
1888: Bahrain news reports [IOR: P/3267]
Peace agreement with Qatar, August 1888: reconciliation
between Bahrain Chief and Shaikh Jasim b. Muhammad A1
Thani, August 1888 [IOR: P/3277, Government of India Foreign
Department External Proceedings, October 1888]
Proposed establishment of a coal depot at Bahrain, May 1890
[IOR: P/3739, Government of India Foreign Department External
Proceedings, June and August 1890]
Exclusive Agreement with Britain, 13 March 1892
[IOR: R/15/1/740]

SOCIETY AND ECONOMY
2.09 Memorandum on Bahrain by the British Political Resident,
461
Haji Abdul Casim to the Resident Bushire, 11 September 1873,
enclosing paper on the history and genealogy of the ‘Utub tribe;
Lieutenant-Colonel E. C. Ross, Political Resident in the Gulf,
to the government of India, 27 February 1875, enclosing
memorandum on the island of Bahrain [IOR: R/15/1/192]
2.10 Topography and archaeology: Durand’s reports, 1878-1879 533
Description of the Bahrain islands by Captain E. L. Durand
First Assistant Resident, Persian Gulf [Appendix to Persian Gulf