"سلسلة ذات طابع سري، عربستان ولورستان ٨٦ ملف ٨٢/٢٧ - V نفط قطر" [و‎‎٣‎٧] (٤٦٦/٨٢)

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are nearer to his territory and some even within his border,
so that their position is somewhat different.
6 . It is important to note that the tribes only jpay
zakat to a ruler who is in a position to extort them from them.
This has by no means always been the ^in Sa f ud Family. For
years zakat were paid to Sultan bin Saqr of Shar jah (the present
Shaikh of Sharjah is his great-grandson) and after him to Zaid
bin Khalifah of Abu Dhabi (grand-father of the present Shaikh
of Abu Dhabi) till his death about 1918. The truth is that the?
there has been no outstanding personality on the Trucial Coast
for some years and King Bin Sa T ud has gradually filled the
political vacuum. I think that the tribes may fairly be
described at the present time as independent, but as buying off
possible aggression both by paying zakat (one riyal for a camel,
half for a young camel and a riyal for every five sheep) to
and by obeying the orders of King Bin Sa f ud and of the Amir of
Hasa (Ibn Jiluwi), which are probably kept within easy limits.
Fdr example, none of the tribes of this area seem to have been
taken to the Yemen, although Manasir and A1 Murrah from the
Hasa side were taken.
7. I informed the Residency Agent that on his return to
Sharjah he should arrange to send reliable men one to Baraimi,
one to Dhafrah and one to the Sabakhah al Matti to obtain more
exact information about the payment of zakat. I emphasised
that the men mist be reliable and intelligent and promised that
reasonable expenses would be paid. I said that I would write
to him by air mil stating precisely what informtion was
necessary and now enclose a copy of my letter No:C/642-10/3
dated the 3rd July 1934 to him.
I hav^ the honour to be
Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
Lieut-Colonel,
Political Agent,Bahrain.