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72. Ibid., PZ4679/38, 'Bahrain Intelligence Summary’, no. 10 of 1938,
16 May-15 June 1938.
73. Ibid. !
74- r/*5/i/228, Political Agent Bahrain to Political Resident, 2 June 1938.
75. An agreement had been reached whereby Saudi Arabia would enforce
regulations to stop the importation of slaves into the kingdom. The
regulations were promulgated under Article 1(2) issued on 2 October
•936 by the Government of Saudi Arabia.
76. L/P&S/12/4099, PZ3270/38, India Office to Political Resident, 28 May
1938 (draft).
77. Ibid., PZ4402/38, Political Resident to India Office, 19 June 1938.
78. Ibid.
79. Ibid., minute, 29 June 1938.
80. Ibid., PZ5038/38, minute, 25 July 1938.
81. L/P&S/12/3836, PZ6290/38, Officiating Political Resident to India Office,
3 Sep 1938.
82. L/P&S/12/3837, PZ36/39, Political Agent Bahrain to Political Resident,
3 Jan 1939 (telegram).
83. Copy available in L/P&S/12/3910. Enclosed in PZ508/39, Lewi soil n
to India Office, 23 Jan 1939. The political agreement was signed
on 11 April 1940. At ibid., PZ1938/40.
i 84. Ibid., PZ776/39, Longrigg to Petroleum Concessions, 13 Jan 1939.
Enclosed in Longrigg to Political Agent Bahrain, 12 Jan 1939.
85. Ibid., PZ776/39, Political Resident to India Office, 26 Jan 1939.
86. Note inscribed in margin, ibid., at the India Office. In the meantime,
Fowle had changed his mind about the proposed action against Shakhbut.
After investigations and consideration of the evidence (including that
of an unnamed secret agent engaged for the purpose), Weightman
was satisfied that Shakhbut was quite innocent of the charges against
him of complicity in the slave trade. Furthermore, Fowle acknowledged
that it would be wise to cultivate better relations with the ruler of
Abu Dhabi, especially in view of the strong anti-British sentiments
in Palestine at the time. Anglo-Arab relations could only be further
exacerbated if the fort of an Arab ruler were bombarded by British
guns. Fowle also felt that Shakhbut had suffered sufficient inconvenience
from the withdrawal of his travel papers and that they should therefore
be restored to him. (L/P&S/i2/4099, PZ2114/39, Political Resident
to India Office, 18 Mar 1939.)
87. Longrigg, Oil in the Middle East, p. 116.

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Burrell, in The Arabian Peninsula, cd. Hopwood, pp. 172—3.
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2. Ibid.
3. L/P&S/10, P4535/i928(2), P6794/29, Political Resident to Government
of India, 5 Sep 1929.
4. Ibid., P2958/30, Political Resident to India Office, 11 May 1930 (tcle-
L/P&S/12/3709, list of conditions enclosed in PZ3254/31, Political Resi-
dent to Government of India, 11 May 1931.