'14/201 II, TRUCIAL COAST MISCELLANEOUS, B 57' [‎79r] (165/417)

De anxious to serve thr "R-r-!+--? o-^ o
faithfully by his Engagements. I contented myself vn v
remarking that one proved one's l oy8lty ana fri l nt , shi3:> by
dc9C ' S ' ' i0t and - did not think his actions
demonstrated any particular si icet-itv —• +.
1 is part. Apart
from anythi's^ else, ^ - on -T n 4- , v p
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Resident to arr nge to take ; . ■r'tv • .
party to Barand s-enec to ne
-..to I'ldioate '-ostility rather than friendship. He replied
that it wr not an easy matter to arrange with the "Arab-",.
■though he indicated that of course such difficulties could
he
unexpectedly corc11iatroy•
wnen I sho ^-.-ea si<yns of leavliip be raised two
mt + er- , ' " r ' ^ y s - that the Liw? people had reported
'
almost up to are in thre- cars this April. They had been
stopped by Scind rut ^oe Arab guard had said the"^ would be
coining again in "cars that run on sand".
I am not quite sure of the position of Liwa and
will enquire from the H e sidency Agent, as T thi k,
it is quite definitely in /bu Dhabi territory, I will take
the matter up with ' v r. Thornberg, whom I have already asked
to control the Californi-- Arabia Standard Oil Company's
geologists mor efrectively.
The second matter war a long complaint that Bin
Jiluwi (Ami"" of Hasa) had been sending men to collect Zakat
from Beni Yas bedouins of Lira* He said he had ^rit^e^
to Ibn .Jiluwi to complain and asked if he had done right,
i said no; he should have written to me, a his rela ■ ns
with foreign Povers were controlled by His iiaje^iy f s
Government, I asked him to out his complaint i < - ■ in
full and to send it to me at Sha.rjah,
I then took some photographs end we departed.
Meanwhile both the Air Liaison 0" 1 i crv ' ^ 0 1 '
Interpreter had been making enquiries on the bea^n m^-r
my/