"الملف 3/9 طاقم مكتب البريد" [و‎‎٢] (٢٦/٣)

4th July
0
The Director of Posts and telegraphs,
Sind and Baluchistan Oircle,
Karachi.
You will recall that sometime a^o I approached you
regarding the religious vagaries oi* the ost ' aster at
Bahrain,!^ Bashiruddin.
2* This individual has somewhat curbed his missionary
zeal,but his inefficiency remains and I am constantly receiv-
ing complaints of his incapacity xrom all sides. The fact
is that he is either in his dotage or else his religious
interests occupy so much of hi3 mind tnat he is unable to
carry out his duties will reasonable promptitude. is
predecessors were,for example,able to close and hand over
the mails ten minutes after receiving them from the Agency,
but iT.Bashiruddin freu^atly takes two hours to perform
this task,to the ^preat inconvenience of the Steajner Company
3. As you are aware ,Imperial Airways are now committed
to the Arab Coast route and will be passing through Bahrain
from the 1st October. This will inevitably lead to a great
increase in the Air Hail work,work demanding rapid action
and careful calculations* rurther,the Government of India
are arranging with the Gro vernment of the Hedjaz-Mejd to
allow their mail bags to pass through this Post Ofi'ice on
its way to the outside world. This will also add
difficulties to an already busy post. llr.Bashiruddin is ir
my opinion not up to his present duties and any addition
to them will probably cause a break dom. I understand
that a predecessor of his,a ilr.Zafar Ilusain wishes ir