"ملف ١/أ/٥ III الإدارة. شؤون قطر." [و‎‎٤‎٢] (٤٤٠/٨٨)

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In view of the fact that y&x Express Letter No. c/374
dated the 18th October was not received by me until you had
arrived in Bahrain on tour and His Highness had expressed a
desire to discuss the Zubara question with you at an early
opportunity I refrained from taking action in accordance with
paragraph 6 of my letter No.C/1424 dated the 4th October IS44.
2. On the 19th of October at the interview which you had
with His Highness at Raffa, at which were present the Adviser
to the Bahrain Government and myself, he spoke with considerable
feeling on the subject of what he considered to be the Shaikh
of Qatar*s failure to implement the Bahrain--Qatar Agreement.
He demanded the destruction of the Qatar fort at Zubara and
the withdrawal from zubara of the Shaikh of Qatar’s guards,
you refrained from stating any opinion at the time and informed
His Highness that you proposed to let him have an answer at a
later date. As a result of further discussions which we had
on the subject it ras decided that His Highness* demand for the
destruction of the fort was unreasonable and not in accordance
with the aforesaid agreement, 1 hereas his request for the with
drawal of the .guards might bo considered to be reasonable. In
order to ascertain what the Shaikh of Qatar’s attitude would be
to a request by us for the withdrawal of the guards it was deci
ded that Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur Razzaak, the Residency Agent |||
at Sharjah, should go to Qatar and personally sound the Shaikh
on this point. Phis was done and shortly after y ,ur return from
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India the Khan Bahadur returned to Bahrain from Qatar with the x
somewhat disconcerting news thab the Shaikh of Qatar had refused
point blank to agree to any suggestion that the guards should be
withdrawn.
3. On my instructions Khan Bahadur Saiyid Abdur R a zzaak while
in Qatar made confidential enquiries into certain allegations
with regard to smuggling which have been received by me and on
his return handed me a report which confirmed my suspicions that
smuggling of piecegcods as being carried on and that Shaikh