الملف E/8 I ابن سعود [و‎‎١‎٢‎٧] (٦٠٦/٢٦٨)

COWF1DENTIAI
No- 1165, dated Bushire, the 19th (received 2 7 tk) April 19 ,4.
Prom— Major^S. G. Knox, C .I.E., Officiating Political Resident in th. Pnrainn
TO"™ ^Pol'iticaf Depa^tniept, t sfmla 0Vernmeri ^ 0f India Forei S» ■'" i
0^fhe C^fvemn^nt offldi^'a cipy 5 of
the pro^ora^ofThe'Britfsh'^nd^Steaof N^vigatiOT^Hompany^'t^rtm^TmaU
coasting steamer between Bahrain, Qatif, 'Oqair and Qatar.
List of enclosures.
(1) Letter No. 1164, dated the 19th April 1914, from the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, Bushire, to the Political Agent, Bahrain.
(2) Letter No. 1163, dated the igth April 1914, from the Political Resident in the
Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Messrs. Gray Paul & Co., Bushire.
(3) Letter from the Political Resident in tbe Persian Gulf, Bushire, to 'Amir 'Abdul
'Aziz bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Faisal as-Sa'ud 'Oqair, No. 190, dated the 19th
April 1914.
(4) Letter from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire, to Shaikh
'Abdullah bin Jasim bin Thani, Qatar, No. 191, dated the 19th April 1914.
No. 1164, dated Bushire,, the 19th April 1914.
From— M ajor S. G. K nox , C.LE., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf,
To—The Political Agent, Bahrain.
In continuation of this office endorsement No. 950, dated 31st March 1914,
I have the honour to forward herewith for
from^the^Fo^gn 1 Department,'to h tJpoi'tkal information and guidance, a copy of corre-
Resident, Bushire. spondence, noted in the margin, on the
"" 'he popo^l of British India
Letter from the Political Resident, Bushire, to Steam Navigation Company to run a small
k " Th "'• coasting steamer between Bahrain, Qatif,
'Oqair and Qatar.
No. 1163, dated Bushire, the 19th April 1914.
From— M ajor S. G. knox, C.I.E., Officiating Political Resident in the Persian
Gulf,
To— M essrs. G ray P aul & Co., Bushire.
I have the honour to reply to your confidential jetter of the 26th March in
which you state that your Company has under consideration the advisability of
sending to Bahrain a small steamer to run locally between that port, Qatif, Oqair
and Qatar.
2. There is no objection whatever to the project and I forward herewith
letters of introduction, which the Captain of the vessel m question should as ar
as possible, present to the addressees. It may not, however, be feasible for him
to do this and I shall be elad if you will instruct him in that case, to deliver the
fetter Addressed to Shalkl 'Abdullah of Qatar to the Shaikh's agent at Qatar
and the letter to the 'Amir 'Abdul 'Aziz bin Sa ud to the Amirs agent at
'Oqair.