مجموعة ٣٠/ ١١٩ "قطر: احتجاج ابن سعود على منح امتياز نفط قطر. مراسلات مباشرة بين شيخ قطر وابن سعود." [و‎‎٦‎٠] (١٩١/١١٩)

Translation of t, MULHAQ ,, No:99/1/31 dated the 6th Jamad
al Auwal 1354(i.e. 6th August 1935) from His Maiesty
f Ahdul f Aziz hin Sa f ud, King of Sa^udi Arabia, to
Shaikh f Abdullah bin Qasim ath-Thani. Ruler of
^atar. Mulhaq was unsealed and attached to formal sealed
letter No:99/i/30 of same date*
After Compliments,
You doubtless know that I consider you to be
like myself and I would therefore like to explain
everything to you. In things which concern us and are
between us and you, as you know, no change will take
place. But in view of the political situation and of
our interests, 0 f Brother, you should assist us. There
is an important matter which concerns us. You know
that the British interfered in the affairs of fOman
and of Qatar and they have only two claims. One we
have admitted, for the strong reason that the people
of those parts have become under them and that they
(the British) fight for them. Formerly we informed
them(i.e. the British) that they(i.e. T 0man and Qatar)
were our subjects and the subjects of our fathers and
grandfathers(i.e. forefathers). In view of the fact,
however, that the people of those countries have them
selves chosen to be in their present state and whereas
the English are our friends, we did not like to make
obstacles and so we left the question of the towns
only, but no one has the right to claim anything or
property in the desert or among the tribes, nor had their
fathers or grandfathers claimed such a right. We do not,
however, want to press our brothers and relatives for
the reason that they are brothers and relatives to us
and so we do not want to deny any person a thing for
which he is responsible and which he can protect. But
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