'File No: E.7. Qatar & Anglo-Turkish Convention of 1913' [‎204r] (422/460)

of the present day we are getting on satisfactorily without
one.
{^) 1 was prepared in connection with the negotiation of
this Treaty to be asked by Shaikh Abdullah to take action
against his disaffected elder brother Shaikh Khalifah, but
their relations seem to be a little nore satisfactory at
present. I offered, if Abdullah wished, to sen-^ for Khalifah
and give him a homily and a warning, or to write one to He ,
but the Shaikh thought it was not necessary at present, but
said he would ask for such help later if the circumstances
made it unavoidable. He thought Khalifa*s line of action
i
would be, not any open opposition, but the incitement o.
bedouins to harass Qatar so as to discredit his (Abdullah's;
rule.
(8) i *o money passed between r-yself and Abdullah; the ^
necessity for any payment did not arise, i^e shaikh however
explained that owing to the stoppage of all supplies of arns
in the market since his accession he was very short of them
and begged me if possible to let him have some in the same
way that we had supplied others of our friends. I told him
that the matter depended on what we had to spare at : a
noment, as .a had had so many such appeals; but that I would
sse what could be done when I got back to BasraV . : a:;'
Abdullah was very friendly and cordial throughout and I t ink
quite realises which side his bread is buttared.
(9) Captain Fowle Acting 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. , Bahrein,
acconpanied me, and I alno took with cie Haji lusuf Kanoo, a
prominent merchant of Bahrein (and possessor of the Kaiser-i-
Itind Hadal) who is Shaikh Abdulla's commercial agent in
Bahrein and has his confidence. He rendered me a good deal
of help in talking sensibly to the Shaikh and reassuring
him in regard to points of dou^t.
Trusting that my proceedings ar P r0T3d
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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