ملف ١٨٥٥\١٩٠٤ الجزء ٨ "الكويت:- موقف زعماء شبه الجزيرة العربية تجاه قبائل الداخلية (نجد إلخ.)" [ظ‎‎٩‎١] (٣٣٦/١٨٠)

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. „ ^ a n Pnlitical Officer to reside at
those of the Trucial Chiefs) an ° P j h to be settled or discussed
Ins Court. The details of this secret ^eaty he . n persHn) 01 . with Ws
at an interview which he is rendezvous in the_desert. Bin
brother representing him, at obtain h5ssSs-sion <of Hasa and Katif,
Saood is determined to make a , . , , derive from these tracts, he
for without the additional reve me nace the highways of com-
admits that he is the first place, to apply to
merce and pilgrimage, it -PI ... i j.-, 0 f t i le districts, and to throw
the Sultan for the MutasarnMik («°Xfthe moment favourable, after estab-
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!5:"ir«C3r..a . 1 . a..«u»frr5iw; h. flu SUm.k, hi.
kftemnt even, for four or five years more.
“ P g ach s the message, and Sheikh Jasim requests that the reply may
he given to him only by word of month, when he will arrange to forward it
0n only answer possible is that while the British and
Turkish^Govermnents entertain friendly relations towards each other, it is
imnossibl7for «“ Government of India to enter into any such agreement as
™e P Am r desires. I wonld like, however, to be permitted to add a warning to
iJhe Amir that if he has never yet involved himself in any direct admission of
subordination to the Sultan, as I understand he claims not to have done, he
i should be careful not to commit himself now unless he decides to abide y
the consequences. It is generally believed by the Arabs in Bahrein, tnat the
•Turkish Government, finding that they are unable to collect revenue m the
two districts and that the people are favourable towards Bin Saood, are them-
selves contemplating an invitation to the latter to assume the Government in
the Sultan’s name.
7 With regard to Sheikh Jasim’s own health, my Interpreter reports that
he appeared considerably stronger than last spring, and that his eyes are
so much improved that he is able to attend to all his correspondence himself.
He seemed, however, to he downcast in mind, which Mr. Jnamul Hak
snbseauently learnt was due to the fact that he had invested 80 lakhs of
rupees in pearls this season at very high rates, and that he had found recently
that he was likely to lose heavily in consequence of the subsequent fall m
prices.
Translation of a letter from Sheikh Jasim bin Thani, to Captain F. B. Pmdeaux, Politi-
,r>i • 19th of Sha’ban 1324
cal Agent, Bahrein, dated the ath of October 'uxxf*
After Compliments ,—I beg to say that
Lusail, even if it be just for a quarter of
to say to you personally.
an
I have need of meeting you at
hour. I have just two words
Seal.
Gp I. C. P. 0.—No. 2919 F. D—10-12-OG.—41—N. N. B.