Coll 30/52(1) 'Persian Gulf. Diaries: Bahrain News and Intelligence Reports' [‎140r] (281/1077)

Ih* of VtombV* boorln^ twnrdo *bo waa un-
expecttadly plea ant and cordial f aid he profeaaed to be ec^er
to pleaae ilia l^Jeaty 1 a Vivemaint# He pratended however that
deapite vt 'oroua enquiries by him ha could not detect any ins
tances of sieve trading in hi a territories aid aa ured oe
that if I pointed out to him the cufnrlte ne would t eke ade»
qwvte action age inst the«* He was told that protectstione
of loyalty and ao forth ere better eupported by deeds then
by vorda*
(iii) ihar .1 ah >
(a) On the 16th May 103B tha Jheikh of aherjah ;«id a
visit to the Jhaikh of /Juan, aai it le said gave ihoikh rha-
lid of i alba 9 who wae on • visit to ^Jaan f Ke* 1600/- in order
to help to “arrange rattera rt between him sod the Sheikh of
the Beni r itab«
(b) On the 17th Umy 1938 f /bdullah bin Fsrie, the Jhalkh
of Sharjah’s liecretary, arranged on interview between the
Buler of 3ha jah and ssif bin bdullah, aid it ia re^rted
that the lalar gave gaif a sum of He* SCO/- end promised to
supply him with rifles and ar« unltion ^in order to collect a
force and attack Shaikh Unsaid of Jinriyah and also aesasei-
nete dhalkh Abdur mtomn of Hira M * Tills desire fbrrevenge
is actuatsd| it seeas* by that ihsikh of Sharjah 9 a resent ant
against the Joint action taken by shaikh Abdttr iiai-xwn (his
fat er-in-law) and halkh Ilmaid of Hlnrlysli against /wanir
r^ldersy which he himself had failed to take* thus lowering
him In the estimetlcn of tha Trucinl Coast*
rhe conspiracy failed due to lack of secrecy*
(iv) i jubai i
(a) Negotiations Iv^e been ca ried out f successfully^ wit3
the shaikh of nuhel for o Civil Air Agreement for a period of
five yea re on expiry of the present teonorary ■ greament on the
26th JUly 1938*
(b) Recently there was an affray in «Xibai over taxis
plying for hirs between ubal and harjahf in which shaikh
f ^aiiid, the elder son of the Jhalkh of Xtbal 9 made s fool
of hiuself* It appear# that halkh ashld had a sort of
t&xl-nonopoly in ^bel axi that ishaikh r^ktum bin Aaehldi
cousin of the dhalkh of Ubai t recently began running an
opposition taxi between Jherjah and .Juboi* Jhaikh Tiaahid
collected about 30 armed men and on the 86 th lay attacked hai-
kh l akUua 9 # ia whim it was on its way towards har,1ah* The
driver of the car and Jhalkh Maktum 9 * men w re wounded and
were put in tiie stocks by haikh schld till midnight} when
hey wexv released by the Albu l^alasah. Jhalkh iaktum in hie
tui^n threat^med to stop all ca a belonging t the JhMkh of
Bhbsi and an ugly situation developed* The old shaikh then
intervened and tried to pour oil on the troubled waters but
X have not yet heard if he has fc sen successful* Local opi
nion Is against lUishid holding monopoly and there is a general 0
de^iaad to leave the road free to all taxi owners*
63* isudi r&hia*
It ie renorted that the Bahrain boats and launches
which went to 1 Ihobar i^ecently for the purpose of taking
stores 9 sand otestera for the use of the oil otapany there p
have/-
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