"ملف رقم ٠٢٠٥ شؤون الشارقة (متضمنة بني قتب)" [و‎‎١‎٥] (١٠٤/٢٩)

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Nov' thrt the ice bee been broken I rm hopeful of much
cloeer relations v.ith ? bo^y of men vho rre rfr c i2 of no combi-
nrtions of Trucirl sheikhs rn^. of vhcm the r hrikh of Dubai
specks v;ith respect end confesses to being most reluctrnt to
Fiitrgonise.
4. The Beni ^itrb rre in de frcto control of the interior
of Trucirl Omrn to the T,r est of the Centrrl rrnge rnd their
rrer spreads from ^hrid in the north to veil belov the south
ern limits of Jebel Friyrh. In my opinion their closest con
tacts have rlv.rys been v-ith the r hrikhs of c hrrjrh rnd there
is little doubt that rt one time the ghrikhs of ^hrrjrh
exercised jurisdiction over the greater part of the rrer which
the trite today occupies. There is even les c - doubt though
that the present ghrikh of ^hrrjrh would now not have the
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slightest hope of exercising his authority in any part of the
^eni r itrb tribal rrer unless it vr~ with the consent of
Shaikh Mohammed bin r li bin TT uweidin. "rhe tribal arcs of the
■^eni r itab is of particular interest in that it forms part
of the area which Messrs, petroleum Concessions Limited could
with some justification maintain was within the limits of their
agreement with,the Chaikh of Charjrh.
5. The fewer the shaikhs that we have to deal with when oil
company operations recommence after the war the better. There
fore I would like authority to instruct the Residency /'gent
to discuss cuite unofficially ^ith the r haikh of ^harjah the
possibility of his coming to an amicable agreement with
Mohammed bin /'li bin TJ uwe id in whereby the "eni r itab would
raise no objection to the entry into the territory under their
immediate control of Petroleum Concessions Limited for the
purpose of exploring for and if necessary extracting petroleum
products, in return for a share of the Chaikh of ^hsrjahPs
present and future revenues from petroleum Concessions Limited.
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Cigned:-
Yours sincerely,
T. TJ ickinbothrm.