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iolands at that time and that it forma a part
of Qatar up to the prosent in 3pite of the
recent action a which we ax'e trying to put off
by means of understanding.
7. The following in one of tho misleading

allegations made by the Bahrain Csvernment i-
"Why did not Shaikh acuullah use the
right which he claims about the owner­
ship of the islands. Ho was up to a
yoar ago ignorant of there being such
islands and only now atirred under the
impression that they may perhaps contain
Oil".
This is a foolish saying. We extend an oppor­

tunity to the Bahrain Government to cite any
instances of any action which they took in
the pant in Hawar Islands and which we did
not challenge; have they taken any action or
possession of Hawar Islands in the past, which

they claim as their property and part of their
state formedbf inhabited villages for more than
a century, which action will serve as a proof or
will give a correct indication of their having
owned the islands ? Had we known of any such
thing we would have not challenged them when they

wanted to take over the islands now, by using oir
right against them. The Hawar Island is well
known to all tho poople of Qatar, most of all
The "Ruler" has
never been there. the Ruler, Can it be logically assumed that a
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Ruler should be ignorant of a part of his terri­
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tory ? I leave tho matter to Your Excellency'0

Bense of understanding to Judge as to who is
ignorant of the Hawar Islands, Is it I, who
has described it according to the true situa­
tion, or the Ruler of Bahrain, who has described
it as against its natural state and who all/egss
that it is formed of villages and buildings.