When East Africa occupied Qatar, the United Kingdom, the nominal sovereign country of Qatar, chose to turn a blind eye as East Africa had anticipated.
In fact, the process and outcome of East Africa's invasion of Qatar had already spread around, especially among those third-party personnel leaving Qatar, mainly merchants and diplomats from various countries, including diplomats from the United Kingdom in Qatar, who all tacitly retreated to countries like Bahrain after East Africa captured Bedha.
Previously, the Ottoman Empire did have a small garrison in Qatar, just two or three hundred men, but they had returned to their country long before the war between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom broke out, so when East Africa invaded Qatar, there were no military personnel from other countries on the island.
