ملف رقم ١٥٠٨ لسنة ١٩٠٥، جزء ١ "البحرين: الوضع؛ الاضطرابات (١٩٠٤-١٩٠٥)؛ استسلام الشيخ علي؛ مسألة الإصلاحات الإدارية (الجمارك إلخ)" [و‎‎٣‎٨] (٥٣١/٨٠)

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N<> 7 Fwm^M Pebl,,lary (reeeiVed 1Sth Marcb) 1906 Confidentia!).
From-JW P. Z. Cox, C.I.E., Political Resident in the Persian Gulf
I JvTtt Z V °T I”"* ° £ ^ ^ Department.
Esa’s memorial ending° with**Fo^m 00 !) 681 ' 0 ! 1 ^ 11 f 6 on the object of Sheikh
dated 22nd February 1906. ° • De P artment telegram No. 839-E.B,
many 1906“ TuM^ofTharpasstd th j S . office . No - 74 o f 25th Feb-
and the Sheikh, and would ask^W G * “u 01 mte " lew between myself
fuller report conte m pl a rd in pa~h 4 oT 7 ^ re S arded tbe
1906; but would add here a few words of ft “7 letter No ' 27 of 21st Jan ““y
question. Iew words of flna l comment on the memorial in
sented in the document°— com P Ialllt r '-'presented, or in some cases misrepre-
j sms '»
Ifm (8) nT“i r"" 1 WM ° h 1 W ' ,ljld '.fmE
Msasaws’ -»»
repeatedly explained to hi™ , ,, * hc .® ]l 1 ell£h a “ d has been
to the concurrence of Government”and hi! amenability 4 ’ l”},'' 604
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and seem to call for no comment from me or reply to s“ eikh f J
As regards item (9), the non-receipt of replies to hit renr ■
Sheikh Esa’s letter of 30th MayVooS to the PoS A^nt’
Bahrein, and now referred to in the latter’s letter No 24 of^ 13th
January last, was fully replied to, as far as I was in a position !o
do so, in my long letter addressed to the Sheikh in Memorandn™
srwa? is. ■2“ ~ "t#
purpose. 1 Ag * 4 personal “terview arranged for the
In this 'O^ion it would seem that the only form of communication
wnicn in bheikn Esa s view would constitute that suitnhlp
adequate response to his requests which has hitherto been denied
him, would be one in which the Government of India intimated
to him that they were sorry for the action which they had taken
at Bahrem last year; that they saw that the presence of a British
fficer was not necessary and would remove him; and that in
future as long as the Sheikhs of Bahrein did not actively oppress
British subjects they would be left to carry on the administra!
Tf°G •° r ™ ! * 1 1 '. ad ™ nlstratl0n of Manama as best pleased them.
the'Vheikh wants! IS ” 04 6aSy t0 866 w ^ at s P e °i a f re ply it is that
4. I may remark in conclusion that Sheikh Esa’s reference to the Cnste™.
question in his letter of 30th May above referred to, could hardly have be”
e n , or properly be taken, as serious. It was simply a suggestion that
Government should, without any quid pro quo or compensating advantage
whatever, pay off all his debts to the banians and let him conduct the Customs
through the medium of Bahrein Arab and Seedi retainers selected by himself
I d!d not describe the proposal so baldly, in replying to Sheikh Esa, as I was
glad even of this opening, as emanating from Sheikh Esa himself for the
discussion of the Customs question. ’ Ior tJle
IGIwLg'V^^T’ £ oweve . r ’ fr01 ? tlle re P° rt of my interview with him on the
reasonabl^wa^whatever” 0 lc ^ en ^ 1011 ^opfi 11 ? our advice in any serious or
Q. I. C. P. O.—No. 5358 V. D.— 21 . 3 . 1905 — 67 —E. S. W.