مجموعة ١٧٠/٣٠ "مسألة ملكية جزيرتي البيّنة." [و‎‎٨‎٠] (٢٥٩/١٦٢)

He scoffed at the notion that there had been any recent
il\-feeling between the Turks and himself, and declared that,
in the matter of the A1 bu Ainain disaffection at Wakra, the
Government had supported him quite as much as he could wish,
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The new official who had come to the fort at Bida’ was, he said,
connected with the troops, and though he had tried occasionally
to give advice to Sheikh Abdallah (Jasim’s son), the latter had
resolutely i^xored him. When I observed that I had heard that
the Turks were talking of assuming the administration of the
Customs, Sheikh Jasim said the revenue from this source was
insignificant, beila^g only about Rs. 400 monthly, and barely
sufficient to defray the cost of the Bazar watchmen. To please
the British Government he had introduced a heavy tax x to kill the
sian Gulf Residency Diary Entry trade in slaves and arms, but
, for week ending 7th Jul )07.
provisions and other necessities
were still admitted free. The latter part of this statement I
am quite sure is not true, though the Sheikh went to the length
of calling in my pilot, a Katar Nakhoda, to confirm what he said,
Sheikh^ s
and the man actually
presence I My messenger into Doha reported on his return that
the Turkish official about whom we had been uneasy was ostensibly
a Kazi, such as was attached to the Government Staff in Hofuf and
Katif, and that his post in Doha would
quite a sinecure as no
Arabs would ever go near him.
We found on our return to Bahrein that this worthy had
personally hurried off to Hasa via Bahrein to report the news of
my visit the instant he heard of it in Doha.
5.
On the 17th March, I left Bahrein again in the steam
launch to visit Zakhnuniya Island which is situated close to the
mainland about 10 miles south of Ojair. The most recent news
about this place had been that the Mudir of Ojair had just
visited the island, taking two or three military officers with
him/
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