"ملف 19/243 IV الزبارة" [و‎‎١‎٢] (٣٢٢/٢٣)

himself entirely from the affairs of Qatar inclxiding
Zubarah, and that His Majesty^ Government were not pre
pared to intervene between the Shaikh of Qatar and the
Nairn tribe (vide correspondence ending with Residency
telegram no .751 dated the 17th July, 1937). P f- ,
About this period the Shaikh of Qatar built a new
fort a few hundred yards from the old fort which he used as
material for it. The Shaikh of Bahrain protested to the
Political Agent, but the latter, after consulting the Poli
tical Resident, did not reply to the Shaikhs letter. (Vide
Residency Memorandum N0.477-S dated the 10th April, 1939).
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40. in 1944, the Political Agent effected an agreement
by which the two Rulers agreed "to the restoration of
friendly arrangements between them as they were in the
past". The Ruler of Qatar undertook that Zubarah should
remain in the same state as in the past. (Vide Agency
printed Letter No .c /939 dated the 19th June, 1944).e, £>•"$
The Shaikh of Bahrain showed some reluctance in
signing the agreement whereupon the political Agent wrote
an explanatory letter to him stating that the Shaikh of
Qatar was anxious for the restoration of friendship and
zziabi friendly communications to the state ante 1936. A
copy of this letter was not sent to the Shaikh of Qatar.
Soon after the Agreement had been signed the Shaikh
of Bahrain wrote to the political Agent drawing his attention
to the fact that the fort built by the Shaikh of Qatar had
not existed ante 1936 and asserting that he (the Political
Agent) had promised that the position at Zubarah should be
restored to its past state and that he had not done this.
The Shaikh also asked for the return of the arms taken from
the Nairn in 1937 by the Shaikh of Qatar. The Political
Agent replied denying that he had made any promises "either
in regard to the restoration of the position to what it was
in the past or with regard to the return of arms". He pointed
out that from the phrase "The Ruler of Qatar
undertakes that Zubarah will remain without anything being
done in it which did not exist in the past", it did not
appear "that anything is required to be changed which
existed at the time of the Agreement but rather that there
should be no new innovation". The Political Agent added
that he would use his personal endeavours to arrange for
the wifehdrawal of the garrison of the Zubarah fort and for
the return of the whole or some part of the arms. (Vide
Agency printed Letter No.1380 dated the 25th September, 1944).
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The Shaikh of Bahrain wrote again to the effect that
the fort was a source of humiliation to the Al Khalifah
when they visited Zubarah, and again asserted that the
Political Agent had 'promised 1 to arrange for the removal
of the fort and the guards, and asked him to fulfil his
promise. If the political Agent were unable to arrange
this the Shaikh of Bahrain wished to know whether there
was any objection to his taking up the question directly with
the shaikh of Qatar. He added that if the shaikh of Qatar
insisted on maintaining the fort and the guard he would close
communications with Qatar. The Political Agent again denied
that he had made any promise, and referred the matter to the
Political Resident (vide Agency letters Nos. C/1424 and
C/1425 dated the 4th October, 1944).
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