'File 5/4 Abdul Aziz Qosaibi and Abdullah Qosaibi' [‎29r] (57/144)

foreiga«ra were referred to tn# PoiitiOAi agent's Juriadlot-
ion. Under this arrangement 1 had my a ell to settle trouble
oetween Najdis and Perelana of a similar though less import
ant t kind to the recent rioting whioh I am sure we both de
plore .
-iind furtixCi ot course your Hignness is aware that
iour highaeaa haa placed your own Hajdi aubjeots, on buai-
noda in Bahx41n under th« protection of the Britisn aovem-
m :.u a-i Lni. la one of the principal funotlona of the Pol
itical Agent, B.ihr4in, Major Daly with whoa I regret to
notice, your hlgmeaa expreaaea dlapleaaure. I feel aura
t *" Jt aiuat be due to a miaunderstanding for Major Jaly
id an cltic r in whom Elfl Uajeaty's OoverniGent have full
confidence, who diaohargea hia delicate dutiea with unfi i g-
ing zaal and 8ori4>uloua impartiality.
This my preamble has been necessary to ahow to
Your Highness how ioutossible it is for me -j and here I speak
with the full approval of my Oovernment and alter full con
sult tiua with it - to agree to some of the proposals made
in your two letters mentioned above. liy predecessor Col
onel (Trevor j^hared my anxiety to the full and tfir Percy Cox,
when consulted in the matter of t ^e passports t likewise
agreed with us and our views have been approved by his Maj
esty's Qove nment in the Colonial Department who have assured
ua of their full support •
I accept Your highneas* statement that the qasaibi
family resident in Bahrain have been employed about Your
Hignness * affairs in Bahrain for a great number of years but
it is only very recently, since the beginning of t.^ year to
be exact 9 that t^eir activities have brought them into con
flict with the British Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. at Bahrain who report
-eu , ao he waa in duty bound to do v tnaw taeir attitude was
undermining the British positi on in Bahrain and opening the
door to olair s y difficult to re^el, of other foreign agents
to be placed on a par with the agent of juis Highness the
Sultan of mejd . Your iJLgnness in your letter of 5th