"ملف 19/243 ( I (C 69 الزبارة" [و‎‎٥‎٢] (٤١٦/١١٤)

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asked his permission to return to Bahrain. But this
sort of allegiance on the part of the Dowasir naturally
gives no claim to the Shaikh of Bahrain to the part of
Hasa occupied by them. The fact that the Shaikh of
qatar takes no taxes from the inhabitants of ziubarah
and does not insist on travel papers perhaps carries
more weight, but appears to me far from conclusive,
and probably merely indicates a desire on his part to
avoid trouble with the Nairn tribe and complications
with the Bahrain Governcnent. This attitude, induced
by considerations of practical convenience, does not
appear to me materially to weaken in principle his
juridical owner eh ip of ^ubareh , Lastly, the Bahrain
Government admit that they do not administer or take
taxes at Zubarah, In this respect, therefore, their
clfai m is considerably weaker than that in the somewhat
analogous case of Hawar.
11. Persjnally, therefore, I am of the opinion that
juridically the Bahrain cl^im to ^ubaxah must fail.
X2. jprom another and practical point of view His Majesty's
Government, by their endorsement of the '^atar Oil Concession,
would seem to be committed both to the Shaikh of Qatar and to
Petroleum Development (qatar) Limited, to the recognition of
the ownership of ^.ubarah by the Shaikh of c^atar. It may be
possible to surmount this difficulty in view of the Shaikh of
Bahrr-in's readiness to give the assurance referred to in para
graph 4 above.
iS# a political consideration on the Bahrain side is as
follows. /