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BAHRAIN BEFORE WORLD WAR H
INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL RELATIONS

3.01 British protection and Turkish claims to sovereignty,
1892-1893 3
Agreement concluded by the Chief of Bahrein, 1892; various
acts of Turkish assertion of sovereignty over Bahrein, 1892-93
Ifrom J. A. Saldanha’s Precis of Bahrein affairs, 1854-1904 (Simla,
1904), IOR: L/P&S/20/C241, pp. 82-85]
3.02 Zubarah: relations with Qatar; Turkish involvement,
1895-1896 9
Occupation of Zobarah by Al-bin-Ali tribe with support of the
Turks and Sheikh Jasim; threatened attack on Bahrein;
energetic measures taken in expelling the settlement, 1895 [from
J. A. Saldanha’s Precis of Bahrain affairs, 1854-1904 (Simla,
1904), IOR: L/P&S/20/C241, pp. 86-88]
3.03 British interests and influence, 1898-1904; recognition of
Shaikh Hamad as heir apparent, 1898; attempted reform of
the customs administration; arms trade; European,
American and Turkish interests; the appointment of a
British Agent, 1900; British Agency increased in status,
1904 15
British recognition of Shakh Hamad as heir apparent, 1898:
Government of India to Secretary of State for India,
27 October 1898, enclosing letters from Lieutenant-Colonel
M. J. Meade, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
5 December 1897-25 July 1898, with enclosures; India Office
minute, 24 November 1898; India Office to Governor General
in Council, 16 December 1898, enclosing correspondence with
Foreign Office, 24 November-9 December 1898
[IOR: L/P&S/7/108]
Notification of recognition of Shaikh Hamad forwarded to the
Ruler of Bahrain, 1901: Lieutenant-Colonel C. A. Kemball,
Officiating Political Resident, to the Government of India,
24 December 1900, and reply, 17 January 1901
[IOR: L/P&S/7/129]
Table of the Ruling A1 Khalifah (‘Utbi) family of Bahrain (3 sheets)
[fromj. G. Lorimer’s Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and central Arabia,
Volume I (Historical) Part III, 1915] (See Map Box: maps 07-09)
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