"ملف 4/13 الزبارة ٣" [و‎‎٢‎١‎٢] (٥١٢/٤٢٨)

Translation of letter dated 19th Ralab 1360 fn a ,-ti £ x
Ruler of Qatar to the Political Agent, Bahrain. 1 1 m th6
After compliments,
Reference your letter No. C/797-xx3qckx 4/13 dated 26th July
1941. It would be adviceable to draw your attention to your letter
No.C/524 dated 24th June 1940 which says: "strict orders have beer
issued forbidding Bahrain subjects from going to Qatar". Have the
orders issued by you been obeyed ? You will realize that this
was issued in reply to our repeated complaints about the boats
which come to these partsysrhich it .is forbidden to frequent .for
the purpose of commiting undesirable acts. I still find that
Bahrain boats come stealthily to these parts v?ithout heeding the
'after
orders. We did not arrest this boat except^repeated warnings and
after getting a promise from you that such matters will not be
repeated but this boat and its owner have come as a proof of the
strength of our case in taking the necessary steps because these
people smuggle themselves to those isolated parts for undesireable
purposes. This has caused us to increase the number of coastal
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guards to tfatch those coasts after writing to you my letter dated
2nd Jamad-ul-awwal 1359 and after you said that they were not
from Bahrain but the truth has not been revealed to you and they
have reversed the facts before you so that they may continue their
acts. At last you have admitted that Jun^ah bin Muhammad al Ka*bi
has come without permission, therefore he has intentionally
contravened the orders and lied when saying that he came to visit
his wlfe^
his and^relatives though in fact he came for the same purpose
as the others who came before him. You may be assured that I went
into ifctaxE explaining all Hiese details to show how these people
take rules and regulations lightly and disregard orders, llow if
it has been proved before Your Honour that we are right and that
the said Jum’ah had committed a wrong but you want me to return
the boat at your request then we will ignore the matter and waive
our right out of respect for you and will return his boat to him
if this will be agreeable to you but we request you to make more
rigerous orders that they should not repeat the acts of going
stealthily to a place to which it is forbidden to go. U.E.