"F-82 82/27 I: نفط قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٥] (٧٣٠/٨٤)

8. With regard to the Islands, which are nearly all
uninhabited, the position is different.
As in the case of Abu Musa and its red oxide
concession, the Chief concerned will probably jump at any
proposal for a concession.
9. Until the probablf existence of oil in any part of
the mountainous Ruus al Jabal has been discovered under the
Muscat Government's concession it does not seem likely that
the minds of the Trucial Chiefs will be disturbed by propos-
-als from either the Anglo-Persian Oil Company or the Eastern
and General Syndicate, which is now installed at Bahrain.
Qatar .
10. The potentialities of oil here seem greater. The
conformation of the peninsula may not be dissimilar from that
of Bahrain. I have been told by Major Holmes, the Syndic-
-ate's Agent and Engineer, that artesian wells can probably
be sunk in Qatar as successfully as in Bahrain.
11« I saw Shaikh Abdallah bin Jasim on the 9th January.
He told me that he had had no cause to complain against Ibn
Baud's Governor of Hasa during the past year and that he was
in friendly correspondence with His Highness. IShen I
mooted the question of the geologists walking over his country
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his only scruple was on the score of security. I think
that this, when the time comes, will probably be arranged
satisfactorily.
12* As regards the bringing into H^iKxsdctoK effect of
the partial operation of Article VII of the Treaty of 1916,
1 gathered that the Shaikh was still averse to having Hindus
in his jurisdiction. This is because he is, himself, the
chief pearl dealer in Qatar and he does his business with
India through an Arab merchant in Bahrain. He does not
welcome the competition of Hindus.
13. If the Chief should ever come to an agreement with
an