"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٢‎٠] (٤٣٢/٣٩)

(ix) It is reported th^t Shaikh Hamad spent Hs, 4000/-
on a house in Uanamah for Nasir bin Thani, a refugee res
tive of the Shaikh <*f Qatar, and a similar amount on a
house mMuharraq for Saif bin Than!. Saif put in a bill
for Rs.2000/- to the Shaikh for furniture alohe. This
amount the Shaikh paid to him. Saif left for Kuwait ^
during th<* latter half of the month but before leaving he
had received a warning from the Shaikh of Oatar that uni^s
he arranged to remove his family from Qatar within a month
they wouIc| be deported to the Trucial Coast.
(x) ft is reported that the Shaikh of Kuwait has been
ooliged, Qiving to public protests, to dispense with the
services Izzat Effendi, his Syrian personal assistant,
and his fjriend Jassim al Yakub, both of whom were on
salary of R§.500/- per month-
(xi) /n Iranian sailing boat on its way to Bahrain
rescued jight of the crew of a wrecked Cutch boat from a
hasht ana brought them to Bahrain.
Habi, Bushiri, shipped an artesian
well dri!Hing machine to B.ushire • The machine was
accompanied by a mechanic.
(jciii) A mechanic of Shaikh Abdullah bin
by the Customs for R^.57/- demurrage on a
rfge and began abusing the British.
Isa when asked
car flew into a
(xiy) An English Ca1#holic priest, Fr. Flemming, who v/aa
.^° Strain to take the place of Fr. Irzio Lui^i
r ’ GCen tl} r deported from Bahrain, arrived on th(
iOth February, 1941*
. )xv) The iirm of Yusuf and Saadun al Yukub of Kuwait
is said to be in communication with Kalil Kanoo about tak
ing up the Ford Agency in Dubai.
32. Qatar
From a telegram seen in censorshio it aopears th^.t
Petroleum Development Limited, Qatar, are nearly on to
oil m their second well, i.e,, at about 6000 feet.
33. Arab Notables.
(i) On^the 16th February, it was reported that Shaikh
Mubarak bin Hamad al Kha.lifah married the daughter of Jab'
bin Mussallam of Hidd.
Cn the 23rd February Shaikh Majid bin Saqr, brother
of the Shaikh of Sharjah arrived on his return from the
Kaj .
(iii) A recent arrival from Hejaz and Nejd reoorted that
Bin Saudhad dismissed all the members of the hurrah and^
Ajman trives from service in the Army owing to doubts
of their loyalty. He is also uncertain of the fidelity
°x the Hejazis and has placed a Negdi, either as suoerior
or assistant to every Hejazi official.
(iv) Ali bin Abdullah Cbedli, who was once a Wazir of
Shaikh 'Isa, died on the 18th February,
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