"ملف ٩/٢ البروباجاندا المناهضة لبريطانيا" [و‎‎١‎٤] (٧٤٨/٣٢)

previous article mentioned.
But whatever the reason for their dispute, we hope
the wisdom and far-sightedness of both these
royalties will enable them to checK and abstan from war.
7e know that if v/ar occurred between them it would result in
bringing the shores of the Gulf, the Ked Sea, nay also the
rest of the Jazirat, into the toils of the colonizing groups.
All who are acquainted with the affairs of the Jazirat al
Arab know well that there are secret and underhand occurrences
being carried out by the emissaries of these Governments,
which if effective and successful will enable these colonis
ing Governments to fulfil their desires.
Headers should study the state of affairs in the
Jazirat and the political changes that hav© taken place in
the last few years especially and which we intend now to lay
before them. Prior to tha great War the Lutasarifiat of
Al Hasoa and under it the ^aimaqamate of Hat if were under
the Vilayat of Basrah while Kuwait, Bahrain and ^atar were
administered by their own native chi els. t lie Kingdom of
Nejd was ruled by I BN KASHIN from the capital of Jibal
Shammar (Hail) and all acknowledged the suzerainty of the
Ottoman Government as their Khalifah as also did the liedjaz,
which was ruled by a ..all, assisted oy the oharifs of Mecoa
and Medina. And Yemen which with Assir was governed by a
Mushir; Muscat which was supposed to control oh@ adjoining
principalities of Ghargah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi - all how
ever acknowledged the Khalifah of Islam Ihe Bui tan of iurkey.
Aribistan or Khuzistan as it is now named by the Persians, waj
ruled by its own native Bhaikhs under one paramount native
Prince, enclosed in a frontier stretching from Khorrumabad
to Behbehan and down to Bandar Pig in the littoral of the
Gulf. This Arab Prince of Khuzistan held e# «© a powerful
sway over his country and tribes, so much so that he only
accepted to give to the Khaja Regime of Persia a nominal