"ملف 19/243 IV الزبارة" [و‎‎١‎٩] (٣٢٢/٣٧)

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as it Vr&s in 1D36 but that there shall
be no nev innovation after the signing (
of the agreement. The Political
Resident ana I recently visited Zubarah
and so far as *.e can sre there has
cert?;in]y been no new innovation and
apart from the Ghaikh of Qatar f s fort
at Murair the whole piece is ruined and
deserted. The fort in question was
built several years before the agreement
of 1944 and the Shaikh of Qatar cannot
be c lied upon to oostroy it under the
a^ree-nent, in ^cooruanc® with the
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inlerpretation ^iven above, ilajor
Hi ck in bo t ham v^as however successful in
persuading the Shaikh of Qatar to
withdraw the garrison and when we
visited the place it was occupied by
only two aaturs.
4. I have mfioe enquiries into
complaints received from Your Highness
from time to time and have been unable
to obtain any clear evidence that the
Shaikh of Qatar is persecuting your
subjects or Imposing more restrictions
on them than on other foreigners
entering his country. V/hen Your
Highness* subjects enter Qatar they
must naturally expect to be called upon
to comply with the laws of the country
in the same way as Qatar subjects have
to observe Your ilithness 1 laws and
regulations when they visit Bahrain.
6. In the circumstances
explained there appears to be nothing