"XXII\٩ علاقات الشيخ مع ألمانيا" [و‎‎١‎٩] (٤٤/٣٧)

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bsins a bio to r^,intaln thlo ol%lm in view of tli© f*ot txiat
% Tnrkieh ioiftohnent aotn^lly ooonpiod theffort. The ^heikhS
reply w*s that hie bonnclariee to the north were and had been
for ^enorationa fror? the Batin depreesion near the Ar»Ratk
rider© eastwards to «Tabal Sana®* Safwan and thenoe to Umr
Kaor and the eea* ^he Tr?rk3 had placed theae small detach*
•mente in 3afwan # Vmr Ka^ir and Bnbiyan only acme eif^.t or
nine voara a^o after they diaoovored that an ag^reaaion son*
• teiuplated by them on ftnwait itself woald not bo permitted
bw the Rnplleh? br?t the oeonpation of a place by half*a*
-dozen soldiers for eiffhi years oomld searoely be held to
abrogate the Ae*3nbah f a rights which had existed for genera*
*tions. Farther that oven now ahonld any raid be made with-
•in the bonndaries nawed, redress was always demanded from
and obtained ihrongh ^nbarak as the reoognlsed mler of
the territory in which the raid had taken place * Of conrse
if the Tnrks intended to seize the place by force that was
another matter: and if their intention should be to make the
place of importance without consulting him, he vo^ald certaia
-ly arisert his rights in a manner sufficiently forcible to
leave no doubt as to his claims* He wonld have done so befodf
bat for the fact that the place was of small valne at the
time of the Turkish occupation and certainly not worth risk-
•ing the possible oonseqnenoos of a forcible opposition at
that time to the weight of the whole Ottoman Government*
4* In parenthesis t would here observe that the
Shaikh’s claim to the lino which he describes as his northern
boundary is t to my own personal knowledge, justified by the
terrain, in so ranch that, if a recognizable natural boundary
can be said to exist in a desert, on© certainly is traceable
along the line indicated* Also, that Arabs whether Bedouin
or townsmen invariably do apply to T^barak for redress if
looted