'File 19/243 IV Zubarah' [‎21r] (41/322)

THE AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHRAIN
D.o. No.c/165.
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The 8th of February, 1947,
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Will you please refer to the correspondence
ending with my demi-official letter No.c/14, dated
the 5th of January, 1947? v.. ^
2. A further point which is now confirmed is that
the Shaikh of Bahrain himself is not acting upon the
terms of the Agreement of 1944. Recently he has for
bidden the export of lorries (3 in number I think) to
Qatar. This is in contravention of the Agreement since
Qatar should be entitled to the benefits of R.E.
3. I tackled the Shaikh on the subject and he
replied that any article for P.C.L. itself would be
subjected to no restrictions, but that for Qatar sub
jects he proposed to maintain an embargo pending a
settlement of the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. dispute. He said that he
regarded the prevention of the export of lorries with
particular importance because it was by means of lorries
that »his people' were attacked at Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. . This is
rather childish, but his whole attitude is impossible
over the present dispute.
,4. Actually the situation in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. itself has
slightly improved for I understand that the Shaikh of
Qatar has sent an official with a representative of the
Shaikh of Bahrain and has publicly told villagers and
nomads in the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. area that they will be left in
peace and that they may import food from Bahrain free
from payment of dues. The Shaikh of Bahrain has not
admitted this to me because, and I presume that he
prefers to maintain his attitude that all that he does
is right, and all that Abdullah does is wicked.
5. This morning the shaikh attacked me from a new
angle, and pointed out that for old friends like the
A1 Khalifah His Majesty's Government did nothing to assist
in obtaining their rights for them, but for Arabs newly
settled in a territory we did everything. The raising of
the status of the ex-Amir of Trans Jordan to that of King
seemed particularly aggravating and Glubb came in for much
praise as an efficient Adviser. At first I thought that
the Shaikh was striking out towards a revision of his
treaties, but on enquiry I learnt that this was not the
case, and that Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. was being pressed once again.
Nevertheless the point is of interest and shows a working
of the Shaikh's mind.
6. As regards re-export of P.C.L. equipment, I am
discussing the point with Lermitte.
UN GULF RESIDEN CY
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The Hon'ble Lt-Col. W.R. Hay,
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Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,
Bahrain.
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