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THE AGENCY An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
BAHRAIN
D.O. No.C/622.
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Dated the 11th June, 1946.
Will you please refer to Felly's demi-official
letter No.p. 12 r'ated the 23rd August, 1945, to me?
2. I enclose a copy of a letter which the Shaikh of
Bahrain has addressed to me on the subject of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. .
I, like the Shaikh, do not propose to recapitulate the
original causes of the dispute, nor do J propose to enumerate
the manner in which shaikh Abdulla bin ^asim has failed to
carry out the terras of the agreement. I think, in fact, it
would be difficult to do so in view of the nebulous terms
of the agreement, though possibly the maintenance of a guard
by the Shaikh of ^atar in his tower at JALAT T IARIR is a
definite instance.
3. While I have been political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, I have
not heard so much of the Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. dispute as my predecessor,
but the situation as regards feeling in Bahrain over the
"loss of Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. " is very much as stated in Felly's demi-
official letter quoted above. I have, however, had many
long talks with Shaikh Salman on the subject with the upshot
that I asked him to state his case in the form of a letter.
This he has now done. .
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4. To turn to the Shaikh's letter, you will see that
in paragraph 3 he states that the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. brought
him the letter to sign, and that as it was the political
Agent who conducted all the negotiations it is, therefore,
the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. who must see that the 'agreement is
carried out. This attitude is repeated in paragraph 6,
and is logical enough. pob
5. A difficulty with which I am faced in approaching
the problem is the vague wording of the agreement under
which it is almost Impossible to tie any one party down to
any one thing. I, myself, do not know what was really
intended nor what reading the two shaikhs actually place
on it. I know that Shaikh Salman reads into^more than it
says. He writes that the meaning of the agreement is clear.
That is wishful thinking, though if read with rickinbotham's
explanatory letter No.0/968 dated the 21st June, 194^ (copy
sent to you under cover of Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. letter Fo .c /968 dated the
24th June, 1944) the period of the hark back is clarified.
I cannot conceive th ^t shaikh Salman was so simple at the
time as to think thi/t he would get back all his 'rights'
in Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. , nor that Abdulla would be so forthcoming as to
^'ive them back jus
out of "respect and courtesy".
T US' /6. To consider
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