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a warship and ordered Shaikh ^asim bin ihani to evacuate
2uharah in three hours' timejfl^ otherwise it would be bomoarded.
when the time came and he did not obey the orders it was totally
destroyed by shells. ±he Amir ran away with his army and since
then iiibarah remained in a ruined state and no one developed it
as it was considered to be a dependency of %hrain.
Uae and a half years ago a British Company, a branch of
Abadan Company, obtained oil concession from Shaikh Abdallah bin
Qasim ibn ■‘•h an i > the present Amir of ^atar, for Qatar peninsula,
ihe Company's M a nager toured all over the country and visited
Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. and its dependencies. He found that there was more oil
in Zuabarah thafc i-t '■■■’as in Qatar. He asked the Amir to give
him the concession promising him British Covemment's assistance.
He (>Amir.,) took up the matter, ihe %im tribes were paying to
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Qatar neither Zaicatnor Customs dues as they were considered to
be the subjects of A1 Khalifah. He demanded from them customs
and zakat on their cattle and the provisions they imported from
Bahrain, ihey refused to pay and migrated to 2ubarah. He sent
someone to them to tell them that Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. was his. they took
refuge with A1 Khalifah who gave them assurance and provided
them with money, food and arms for defence. After some days
the Huler of Qatar collected an arny and marched on Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha.
in order to occupy it and punish the Haim tribes, fhe Amir of
Bahrain Shaikh H a mad asked for negotiations and two representa-
tives were sent namely Hasir bin Atiyah and his (Shaikh of
Qatar's) Secretary Salih bin Sulaiman al Mani'. But they
were not successful in achieving any result because there was
s foreign nand in the matter. The Amir of Bahrain was very
strict about Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ; similarly the %im tribes; and the Amir
of Qaoar was also the same as they were, fhe negotiations were
going on till the end of Habi al Awal 1356 (beginning of June),
ihen the Head of the Bahrain Government, who is an Englishman
named C.i). Belgrave, ordered the boycott of provisions,
piece-goods and petrol against Qatar. On the 1st of
Habi al bhani (10th June 1937) Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa