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Al Than! the heir-presumptive to the shaikhdom of ^atar
who was suffering from a serious infection of the face which
kept him here,somewhat to the embarrassment of His Highness,
for approximately five months. The agreement between the
two shaikhdoms made it possible for several thousand unskilled
labourers who were badly needed by the Bahrain Petroleum
Company and the Royal Air Force to come to these Islands and
obtain employment. It was hoped that the vague terms of the
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agreement would preclude the raising of specific questions
with regard to the oraership and dimensions of the Zubara
area but His Highness indulged in long discussions on the
subject, in purticul-r with regard to certain armed guards
in a fort within the area, with 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. and
towards the end of the year s in not altogether profitable
correspondence with the Shaikh of qatar on the same subject,
(b) Shaikh itoham jd bin ‘Isa Al Khalifah paid his usual annual
visit to Egypt and took his usual place in social events in
that country. Shaikh Abdullah bin •Isa, C#I*3.f hia younger
brother andjunior uncle of the Ruler was present throughout
the year with the exception of a period of five weeks in the
early winter during which he went to Saudi Arabia on a hawking
expedition.
Shaikh Khalifah bin Mohamed a nephew of His Highness
remained Superintendant of police throughout the year while
Shaikhs Mubarak bin Hamad and Dhaij bin Hamad, brothers of
His Highness, continued to hold their appointments, the one
as a judge of the Bahrain junior Joint Court and the other
as,a judge of the Bahrain Senior Court. Shaikh Ali bin Hamad
one of His Highness* cousins held the >ppaintmer_. of a judge
of the Bahrain Senior Court, and arrangements were made for
Shaikh Salman bin Mohamed a brother of the aforementioned
Shaikh Khalifah bin Mohamed to undergo a course of legal
instruction in Palestine early in 1945. His Highnsss*
brother Shaikh Abdullah bin Hamad was president of the
Merchants Court and also of the Muharraq Baladiyah.
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