"ملف 8/8 التقرير الإداري للوكالة ١٩٢٢-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٦‎٦] (٤٧٤/١٣٦)

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of the
for the yoar IU 24 .
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i‘^g«ncy w«,» held throu^lio'ut th«
O4! thd rol;i,ti© 4 iX A($Gnc t
year hy Ma^or C*K,h^JLy.
Captain K.ii.Swith ht.'.d ihn poit oX Assistant Politioal -^ent froir.
to October IOth #
ifa . oheik Sir £&& binA
na& continued hi a attitude of passive resistance to ^.li changes
imde by Bheik Haoaa for the better rule of th# inlands,but as he
now hao little influence, erd hheik Hwaad hue to a great extent
cons dictated his posit ion,his attitude no longer causes inoonvenie
The agitation against Uie introduction of reform brought in by
the Deputy Euler Sheik liquid bin Isa 0.1.h. whioh was so msuiifeot
in 1923 gradually diainished and .fino.lly disappeared.this agitatia
proved to be the work of the pearling nukhudaB who feared that by
the renewal of same of the obvious abases in the pearling industry
they would suffer financially # their feelings wer« played upon by
sympathisers of Sheik !»#. among the AX Kimlifah family who fait
• that Ujs eBt&blifthment of ordered ruJ,e imder Bheik lu^ad would
curtail their powers of oprencion.
T a j w; ufi*.ry 1924 the dieaffecteo ncnb«ro c* iQmlifaii w ncs a fi.n&
effort to iutinidate the Shiahs,to whose agitation i'or bettor
treataicet they ascriber the new regtac. The eons of 3 heik lOjalid
'ixten bersi^hed for their participation in the Sitrah outrage
i see, Aihiinlstration Report for 1923 )and were liTi»g
lana opposite Bahrain.They landed in Bahrain in u^mary wta were
joined by their eldest brother ibr^ia.a number of fidiwis,thinly
is#»di-v, and other persons of bad character encouraged b^- the pros**
p<ict of loot- •As arsifd attack ws.© Mc-.de o^i the DhiAh ▼i.-.lagc of
'vtkMil+xi Ut Zitnli with the object of taking vonganee on the persons
vdic had given ev itlcnco in \i\* for r trial.Several oh.1 oh©,includ
ing wo^en and children, 'vere killed and wounded.
A great outcry was raised by the whole Shiah coxsaunity. They came