"ملف 4/13 II‎ الزبارة" [و‎‎٢‎٠‎٩] (٥٤٣/٤٢٣)

His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain called to
interview me this morning* He said that he merely
wished to say how do you do, but after a few genera
lities he stated that he had Shaikh Rashid with him .
He asked if I had any objection to see Shaikh Rashid.
I said I had not. I was under the impression that he
was referring to his father-in-law Shaikh Rashid bin
Mohammad; however, when Shaikh Rashid appeared he
was Shaikh Ra-^l^ bin Muhamnad al Jabur, the leader
of the Naim* Shaikh Rashid proceeded to make a long
complaint regarding the theft of cattle, etc., which
he alleged Shaikh Abdullah had connived at both during
and before the hositilities. I told him that if he
had any complaint to make he should make it to the
Ruler of Qatar. Shaikh Rashid informed me that he hdd
entered into an agreement with the Ruler of Qatar and
that he had agreed to obey the laws of Qatar while
he resided in Qatar. Shaikh 1 Abdullah bin Jassim had
told him that he was at liberty to leave Qatar if he
y/ished to. Shaikh Rashid then proceeded to make a fur
ther complaint regarding the burning of houses and villa
ges, etcetera. I again told him that these were matters
for the Shaikh of Qatar and that His Majesty*s Govern
ment did not interfere in the internal affairs of the
Shaikhdoms and that if he had any complaints to make
he should, strictly speaking, make them to the Ruler
of the country. If he objected to observing the orders
of the Ruler of Qatar, he appeared to be at perfect li
berty to leave the country. Shaikh Rashid then stated
that he had left the Zubarah area with his tribesmen
and that he was living near Umm al Mai and that he was
worried by the bedouins i^ho he stated were the subjects
of/-