"ملف 19/243 ( I (C 69 الزبارة" [و‎‎١‎١‎٠] (٤١٦/٢٢٦)

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of /j&bara and his claiiii that the Haiai tribe
his subjects is not disproved.
The claim of the iiuler of^atar to the
ownership of Sahara and his claim that the i£aim
tribe are his subjects is also not disproved.
The Kuler of Bahrain in order to preserve
the long friendship, both personal and political,
between the two iiulers and the two states, agrees,
(i) not to press his claim to ^abara
and the naim tribe,
(ii) not to in any way develop «abara,
(iii) to take measures to prevent saugeiin.;
through Zabara into ^atar,
(iv) not to allow settlements in ^abara
made by persons from Bahrain,
(v) to preserve the condition of ^abara
as it was before the present disp ute,
provided that the iuler of ^atar agrees,®
(i) not to iiipose taxation on the perma
nent normal inhabitants of ^abara
who are the iktim tribe and their
relations while they are within the
Sahara area. Should they move out
of Zabara into other parts of , v atar
they becocie liable to anv form of
taxation which is normally paid by
subjects of ^atar,
not to develop Sahara in any way but
to preserve it in the condition that
it was in before the present dispute
but should the ^attar oil company
wish to carry out genuine work within
the ^abara area they shall be allowed
to do so.
iifter long discussion the ^attar repre
sentatives said that they felt sure that the Moler
Him mfMni ^
of ^attar would not agree to the suggestions of
Bahrain t it was his intention to put a military
post in one or two of the Nairn villages within the
Zabara area to prevent smuggling and he could not
agree to leave &abara in its present condition
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