"15/7 جزر حوار" [ظ‎‎٢‎٣‎٥] (٥٤٠/٤٧٥)

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Dated the 16th June 1 j40.
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I have received a violent complaint from the Shaikh of
Qatar about the action of certain Bahrain subjects in landing
on the Qatar Coast and enticing ajvay some of his subjects. The
following is an extract from his letter i-*
«0n the 20th Rabi II 1359 (27th May 1940) eight of the
boats which usually anchor at flawar case secretly to one of
the shores oi western Qatar ana taking advantage of the absence
oi tne guards landed and secretly went inland where they
committed irregular acts by awaiting some of my subjects of
Catar and taking them unobserved to those boats* The following
are the nuses of the persons who were taken
1* Hasan bin Darwish and members of his family
2* Nasir bin All bin Hudhaif and -do*
3. * Sa f ad al Kamukhah and -do-
4. All al Kamukhah and -do-
5. Abdullah and Darwish sons of fS&sir al Makavni
and members of their family*
I view such ^Cus as nothing but a clear aggression and a daring
act which aught lead to serious results* Had they by chance been
seen by the guards, there would have been something between them
the results of which may have been very Serious.* From this end
other acts it appears that the Bahrain Government nave ma.de i
base of the Hawar Islands from which to send parties to trr Cater
Coast whenever tile way is clear.«
2* Would you be good enough to see if these man can be traced
(it is possible that they are some of trie people wno live on
Hawar Island) and have stern action taken against them for dis-
ob Qience of the Bahrain Government order prohibiting Bahrain
subjects from go^ng to Qatar. I should be obliged if >ou would
let me know the result of the action taken*
C. Dalrymple Belgrave, Esq ,C*B.E.,
Adviser to the
Bahrain Government,
Bahrain.
Yours slneierely.