مجموعة ٥٢/٣٠(٣) "ملخصات استخباراتية عن البحرين ١٩٤٦" [و‎‎١‎٨‎١] (٤٧٢/٣٦٣)

,-^ e . Poli t ical Agent, and. ,ihe Commanding Officer, H.M.S.
. cn Quoich" / In the ^afternoon His Highness and a number of
nis relatives were entertained to tea on board the "RUNDOVA"
and shown aver the ship. In the- evening the Senior Naval Officer,
ersian Gulf, gave a Caektail party at Jufair for a number of
officers of the United States Navy and His Excellency the Polit-
ical Resident entertained the two Commanding Officers and four
other American Naval Officers to Dinner.
' On\the 20th the Political Agent gave a luncheon
party for a number of American Naval Officers'. In the afternoon
a reception was held on b4ard the M REND0VA n tr which the leading
European, American, and local residerits were invited. Very few
Arabs attended, the larger number of those invited refusing the
invitation on the ground that they could not accept hospitality
from tne country which had recognised Israel as a sovereign State.
A number of Jews who had also received invitations deemed it
politic to join the Arabs in signing the joint letter to the
Commanding Officer of the ’'RENDOVA’*. In the evening His Highness
gave an Arab dinner to the U.S. Naval Officers.
T , 0n the 21st the U.S. "RENDOVA" and the U.S.S.
C.n. ROAN" left Bahrain.
126. PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT (TRUCIAL C0ASTj_ TJMTTP.n.
. ^ le Bahrain Manager of the Company has inquired
from tne Political Agent whether in the event that Fujairah
territory is considered to be of sufficient geological or other
interest, it would be in order for his Company to enter into
negotiations with a view to obtaining an oil concession from
the Shaikh of Fujairah. The inquiry arises from the fact that
while the Sultan of Muscat considers the Shaikh of Fujairah to be
his subject, the latter does n^t recognise his claim, pays no
zakat tr the Sultan or any Trucial Coast Ruler, and is in effectiv
control of Fujairah territory.
127. SLAVERY
No. 7.
(i) Refe.rencl paragraph 98 of Intelligence Summary
r, « . , The Shaikh of Q.atar has sent Sal loom bin Fairuz
topthe Political Agent and written_a letter in which "saying noth
ing save the truth" he alleges that after rescuing Salloom from
slavery, tne latter chose to remain with him as a kitchen servant
and was paid a fixed wage by the Shaikh. Salloom bin Fairuz has
J 0 , tne Polltlcal Agent that after being sold to Shaikh
Abdullah he worked for him without any pay.
The^Political Officer, Trucial C^ast, has reported
that one Mabrook bin Smbat, holder of a Manumission Certificate
issued ^7 tke Bahrain Agency, went to Qatar and joined the oil
company there. He was followed to Qatar by his former owner,
nmammad bin Jarish, caught, and sold to one Jasim bin Jabiri, a
Qatari, The Shaikh of pater has been asked to produce
Mabrook bin Sanbat
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