'ملف رقم 19/109 VIII (C 68) العلاقات البحرينية مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [و‎‎٣‎٣] (٤٣٨/٧٤)

Propose d restrlctiona on the
Qf reel property by forel^ner^ ii^
Bahrain,
Difictjeslona are at ^resent going on regarding
the proposed enactment of a new Bahrain nationality law,
by which any peraon born in Bahrain of foreign parents
will be regarded aa a Bahralnl subject unless he la
registered aa a foreigner at the Britiah agency, and the
simultaneous enactment of legislation providing that
forci^Tiers whose own governments forbid foreignera to own
real property shall be forbidden to own land or property
in Bahrain except within the limits required for their
business, trade or craft (aee India OfTice letter p»z.
1826/35 of February 13 (£ 18UO/762 /91) enclosing a copy
of a telegram from the Political Realdent in the Persian
Gulf )•
2. ab foreigners in Persia are unable to own real
property except for their own residences or buaineaa
purpoaes, the effect of thia prohibition will, it appears,
be moat keenly felt by the Peraian colony in Bahrain,
against whom it la in fact directed, and many of them will
have to get rid of their property unless they accept
Bahrain! nationality.
3® Although there ia no objection to placinrr this
choice of disagreeable alternatives before the Persians in
Bahrain, it ia on general principles desirable that thoas
who have to gst rid of their property should be allowed
to/