'Administration Reports of the Persian Gulf, 1945 [-1946]' [‎172r] (356/414)

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(i) Al Thani.
^ ^ ^ His Kxcellency shaikh Abdullah bin Jasim al Than!
health during the year. jn June
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Surgeon visited Qatar and found him suffering
from mumps, slight eczema of the feet and diabetes, but at
the time of the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. 's visit in October he
seemed in much better health.
Shaikh Hamad, a son and the heir presumptive of
Shaikh Abdullah, while suffering mildly from diabetes con
tinued in good health during the year, in October he was
reported to have disposed of a consignment of 20 rifles to
a Persian dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. which called at Dohah, but he and his father
vigorously denied the charge.
The names of other members of the Al Thani have
also been mentioned in reports about arms trafficking, and
it is alleged that the Amir of Hassa complained to Shaikh
Abdullah that Nasr bin Khalid al Thani had purchased arms
in Hassa and sold them in Abu Dhabi.
(ii) Official visits .
On the 15th June the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. left by
P.C.L. launch for Qatar, and returned on the 18th.
On the 22nd October the Hon'ble Lt-Col.
A.C. Galloway, C.I.E., O.B.E., Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , accompanied by Mrs. Galloway and C.J. Pelly,
Esq., O.B.E., I.G.S., Secretary to the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. ,
left for Qatar in the frigate H.M.S. "Loch Quoich". The
Shaikh welcomed the presence of the Navy in Dohah and gave
a dinner party in honour of the political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and
Mrs. Galloway which was attended by Mr. Pelly and by
Commander Fenton, O.B.E., and several other officers from
"Loch Quoich". The Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. and his party
returned to Bahrain in H.M.S. "Loch Quoich" on the 24th.
(iii) Health .
Dr. storm of the American Mission visited Qatar
in January and the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. surgeon also paid visits later in
the year when he treated large numbers of the townspeople
of Dohah and inoculated the oil company labour at Zagreet
in the absence of the company doctor. The bhaikh ot Qatax*
has asked the political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. for assistance in procuring
building materials to build a dispensary. An attempt is
being made to provide him with building materials and
medicines and secure a doctor to work in the dispensary.
(iv) Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited .
please see paragraph 22(ii) of this report.
During the year the Shaikh of Qatar agreed to two important
alterations in the terms of the Company's Concession. By
the first. Company 'planes were allowed to land in Qatar
under a general permission. By the second, the Company
were allowed to use Zagreet or any other port constructed
by them in Qatar for their imports and exports instead of
the port of Dohah only as laid down in the concession.
/(v) Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. ....