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Enclosure to Six 1
R. Hay 1 s letter
33/161/50G of
De eeiiib e r 2nd • 1930
to Mr. Pry (P. 0 . )
(g)
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All these occupy the Liwa, Dhafra and al
Harra areas at least in the summer, and are
subjects of the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi.
(iii) The coastline from Khor al ’odaid to
Abu Dhabi town and eastwards is used by Abu
Dhabi fishermen and pearlers, and not by
Saudi Arabs.
Page I 4 O. Geo
graphical Journal
Vol, CXIII January -
June 1949.
AiUiex C to the Brief
for the Riyadh talks
in 19249.
(137/166A9G)
11. Evidence in category (B):-
(i) Mr. Wilfred rhesiger has given us
his opinion that the v/hols of the Liwa tract
definitely owes allegiance to the Shaikh of
Abu Dhabi. He is the only traveller from
outside Arabia who has visited this area.
(ii) The Murra tribe do not move east
of Sabhkat Matti. The Iianasir and Beni Yas
who occupy the area from Batin and Liwa to
the coast are more or less stationary; as
their camels feed on the salt bush of the
area, and have to bev&tered frequently.
They owe allegiance to the Bu Falah, shaikhs
of Abu Dhabi.
(Sir R. Hay’s
latter 157 / 91/49
of July 4th 1949
to Mr. Burrows
(S'. 0. )
Page 140
Gcog. Journal Vol.
CXVI Dec. 1950.
(iii) Mr. Thesiger has stated that the
Bainuna and Dhafara areas are generally
regarded as Abu Dhabi territory.
(iv) Mr. Thesiger states “I now planned
to travel throughout the length of these (Liwa)
settlements v/hich are inhabited by the Beni
Yas and by Manas ir who acini owl edge the Bu
Pal ah as their overlords, “