"الملف 38/1 المجلد I، شركة امتيازات النفط المحدودة: التنقيب" [ظ‎‎٣‎٢] (٤٦٨/٦٤)

ly dear T'urt>hy,
Reference our conversation of this morning I give
you helow a summary of ray talks with the Ruler of Sharjah, his
brother ^'chained bin Sanr and Kohaned bin Ali of the Benni
Kitab, regarding the entry of our geological party to the
Jabal Faiyah area.
On Saturday the 5th of January I called on shaikh
Sultan bin Saqr at Sharjah and he confirmed in the presence of
his brother ^ohamed that *11 arrangements had been made for
the narty to proceed to Fai' r at. T'ohamed also mentioned that he
would himself conduct the party to Tr ohamed bin Ali and would
then return.
On T^ondey the 7th of January T dined at Sharjah
Tr ith the Ruler, his brother Tf oharaed and T'ohamed bin Ali. Once
pvain they confirmed that there was no objection to the party
nrcoeeding to Jabal F-iyah and that once there " T ohamed bin Ali
would appoint ten guards including two of his relations, one
of whom would be Ali bin Abdulla.
On Thursday the 10th of January T called on the
Ruler of Sharjah and he suwnoned his brother T'ohamed bin Saqr
and I-ohamed bin Ali. It was arranged that |r ohamed bin Ali
should proceed to Dhaid the following day and arrange for lunoh
etc. on the arrival of myself and Bohamed bin Saqr on Saturday.
The Company’s geologists, Capt. G-lynn Jones and
? T r. Ramsden, arrived on Friday the 11th of January and as my
visit to Dhaid had already been arranged it was thought a
good oppotunity for them to try out the trans ort vehicles,
get to know the tracks, and to meet ^ohamed hin Ali.
On Saturday the 12th of January we proceeded to
Dhaid accompanied by TT ohamed bin Saqr, Xhalid bin Sultan and
four others. At Dhsid we were entertained by T T ohamed bin Ali.
T had already expressed our desire to proceed along
t^e ropfl to^rds vniyah in order to ascertain T diether it would
be passable by the 3-ton lorry. As no preparations Tr ero being
^ade to move off, T asked the reason for the delay. T was
informed by Tr ohamed bin Saqr thwt Wohamed bin Ali, who hrd
joined his men outside, was asking for P3.10,000/- for the
rivht to work in the Fciyah area. T informed ? r ohamed bin Saqr
that the oil agreement was trith the Shaikh of Sharjah and that
the Jabal Faiyah ^rea T 'as included in it, and that both the
Shaikh and he himself had assured the Political Agent, Bahrain
°nd myself that all arrangements had been made for the party
to proceed to Faiyah, and that if any payment was to be made
to Tohamed bin Ali it should be made by the Shaikh of Sharjah.
T informed TT ohamed bin Saqr that if the Company
thought fit to give Tohamed bin Ali a personal present for a
successful season’s work it would do so, but that there could
be no question of payment for the right to work in the area
as that was already covered by the oil agreement.
After a good deal more delay, and attempts by Tohamed
bin Saqr to make me pay first F. r ..6,000/- then E3.5,000/-, I
intimated that we would h o ve to return as it was getting late.
Tr ohamed bin Ali, who had not spoken to me direct on the subject,
then came up and sc id that he had received nothing from the oil
comnanv ^hereas °11 the coastal shaikhs had for years been in
receipt of an annual income. He also said that Jabal Faiyah
and the surrounding country was his and that it did not belong
to Sharjah, and that he understood that Sharjah was receiving
money for the Faiyah area. He also said that Dhaid belonged
to him.