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two countries who are parties to such arrangements."

In the teller that* when H enwe to writing it
mis bettor| like Hitler, to make my demanda one by one,
I said nothing about tho fort nor the Bahrain alalia to
properties in Zubarah in this letter, I asked Saleh
al Haul1 to deliver it and to try to got shaikh All to
agree to the roquost made therein and furthermore to try
to get him to remove his guards from tho Zubarah fort.
I had hopes, which were not disappointed, that Saleh cl
Manl1 would use his best endeavours to persuade his
Shaikh in order to furth*r a settlement olnco I knew
that he had become anxious recently, for onds which are
not yot cloar, to plcaoo tho Shaikh of Bahrain,
6. Having given tiuio to Saleh al L!anl' to produce
a receptive state of Blind in the Shaikh of Oatar,
I again visited tho latter on tho 30th of January.
Abdullah Darwish ami Bui eh al Mani1 were present at the
interview. The Jhalkh 3ald that the Shaikh of Bahrain’s
retainers might come to the Zubarah nroa without being
subject to Customs or any supervision provided they wore
"specified" and tl :t they should bring supplies only
for their own personal use and not for sale, and that
no Qaturis should shore this privilege, They should
make no trouble and should come under tho Jurisdiction
of tho Shaikh of Qatar He wanted a guurantoc that
his "sovereignty, honour, and material rights and ad­
ministration In Zubarah would bo safeguarded", he
would open tho fort there, and leave It empty, provided
that 1 guaranteed that no-one would occupy it. ‘ Bahrain
should revert to £>'• transit duos for goods for Qatur
and should allow freedom of movement between Bahrain end
Qatar, Shaikh bnlman should build nothing In the Zubarah
area.
?. . On the 1st of February 1 had the usual lengthy
(In this case two hours) interview with tho .Shaikh of
Bahrain on this subject; und 1 told him what lihnilch All
had said. Though 1 thought X had como with something to
offer him, Shaikh Salman was on this occasion hardly more
accommodative).than he usually was when discussing this
question. I ultimately persuaded him into promising
me that he would let me have u list of persons whom he
wished to sand to zul.uruh provided they would bo froe of
supervision and Customs, and that tho Fort would bo kept
empty. lie sold that Jurisdiction ovir any people of ills
who would go to /.ubureh should rost olthc-r with him or
with the political authorities. Only aftor difficulty
did 1 get him to give up Insisting about hla right to
"properties" in Zuburah - a point on which the Shaikh of
Qatar remained udamant.
, 8. On the 4th of Fobruury, tho Shaikh of Uuhrain wrote
to me stuting that, tho numbor of people he would like to
1 sand to Zubarah amounted to some 160 to 200 persons with
their tentu and that they would bring In supplies about
70 to 80 bogs of rlcu or wheat or flour "plus an equal
amount of dotes" pur month. i
9. On the 7th of Fobruury I wrote to the bhalkh of
Qatar informing him of the number of people whom tho
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