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D • Q *402 •u&Sf)
Confidential
TVn Kr-. %
British ^tency # Sharjah*
Dated the 27th April,1948*
My dear Pelly,
Please refer to paragraph 6 of ay confidential
memorandum Ko. 231.0630 of the 14th March, 1948.
Shaikh Hasza bin Sultan, when he called on me
on the 26th April on behalf of Shaikh Shakhbut, complained that
the Saudi party had penetrated Abu Dhabi territory as far
eastwards as Aqallah to collect taxes from Hurra ana Man&slr
tribesmen* He said that Shakhbut was most concerned about
Saudi penetration and asked that & protest be lodged. Perhaps
you would move the Besidant to do this.
3* Hazza then expressed Shakhbut’s concern lest
Ar&mco should penetrate Abu Dhabi territory on their western
and southern boundaries — particulary their southern boundary,
approaching from the Ruba» al Khali.
after the sand formation — on the edge of Ar Rlmal? and
that Shakhfcut»s area extends almost to the jurisdiction of
the Sultan of Muscat over Wadi Hughshin. Hazsa was unable
to give any more precise definition, and I conceded that If
he wanted to place on record the boundary he claimed
Shakhbut should go into the question in more detail end let
us know the names of water holes or any other recognizable
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features on the southern extremities of his jurisdiction.
Hazza claimed that Abu Dhabi f s southern boundary
Is -narked by an elongated area named Dachehach( -U-J ) —
Ycurs sincerely,
C.«f « Pelly, Esquire, O.B.B.i,
Political -kgent,
Bahrain.