"ملف ٨/٦٤ III علاقات السلطان مع القبائل التابعة له" [و‎‎١‎١] (١٥٠/٢١)

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Bz*iti8h Rasidanoy,
Bahrain.
5th Octobor, 1^51.
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Shalkh Sulalmon bln Hiunyar (Muocot Loading Peraonallt»
No. 13) Kps been In Bahrain on hi a rei-um from -ho ‘
Shed oHe on 2nd Ootobor-. He almoat «t onoe ajjtod -hy b
retilv hod been received to the various epproncheahs aBd llw
SrUleh autnorttleB. I replied that although we were
anxious to be on friendly terns with i ^u^our offitlol
nlwnva ready to see them when they colled on us our oi- .c .
relations must be conducted through the *55^^^
to the Treaty oT Sib ond Ejeid that although he w&b
tome with the Sultan ho was completely independent. He tb
said that he had been approached by the Anterloan l-’tdepen&g_
Caapany - not by MacPherson himself bit by swawbody sent to .
hl^C ’JaoPhorson - al-out a concoselon ^or
his country. the compsiny’s representative had wtated t ^_ x '
a coiioesolon would i>e useless without an assured out o
sea^'andhe * 1 accorUngly enqilred whether I
hio negotiating with one of the Vruclnl Coast Rulers xor sue
outlet. He Mid he had warned the Oorapany that wntU m n t U.
had been fixed up he could not allow any Buropean ?‘: , ? lo ? lmQ ^
of theirs to enter his country. I sai^ 1 te 00 .J
think the matter over and enquired why lie did not 7 J ; 0 „
arrangement with the Sultan as the a scat eoos. *?*?*V° aB f*
He willed that the ultan tried to treat him ao a subject,^
“he”St^ would i^oogalw only the Internal lod^-sdence-
Oman proper whereas he and hlo brother .Shaikhs claimod both
Internal and external Independence. ills Hahratni ag_- -# ‘
bln Mubarik al Fadhal, who was with ^ {he LJt
would arrange for negotiations between Sulaiman and tnc su;. ^
or^hother they°shouiu fix things up ^tween th-Belves ana^
said tluit the latter course should be iol-owed* 1 ^ ® ^ f
doubtful whether the American Independent OllCompany haver?
mndf* anv aorious approach to Sulaimiuif and his tactioc Deer
a remarkable resemblanoe to those employ r ‘d whan Hmoau bin Mtoba
interviewd me on his behalf last Jeoember, c.f. my letter j r
of the 19th December, 1950. I propose to pass onto -v.. m
the gist of our conversation when I see him at iuscat.
2 . I could not induce Sulaiman to tell me anything mb*;
talks with Ibn Saud. He said that ha was returning fo*
via the True!al Coast and that he had performed his outwa?
Journey -2S route becr.use he wlshod to travel on i
ar^d not a Sultanate certificate of identity.
3. I subsequently asked Shnlkh iihakhbut of A^lDhntl wU
ho know what hod taken place betwoon Jula
told me that the meeting had not r<JS ’f l ” h : ' h ^ ”nt
n,.two« them, and that ulaiman coisidered tha - he n. a m
accorded the honour due to hlr.u Ibn Saud refused a
made for rifles, but the Amir Saud subsequently ga vo tni '
or four.
4. I am sending copies of this letter to Jedda, the Britl.
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