'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers' [‎129r] (263/534)

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Cppy of letter No. 462-C dated 27th November/ let December
1920 from the 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. , Bahrain to the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
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1. Shaikh Isa "bin All al-Ehalifah, the Ruler of Bahrain
has "been very persistent of late in ignoring para 2 of
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Government of India's letter No. 1145-E.A. dated 5th May 1920,
which finally lays down that all subjects of Foreign Arab
Rulers residing in Bahrain should come under the Jurisdiction
of this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , unless such Rulers possess a definite and
foimal treaty to the opposite effect.
2. Shaikh. Isa, I fear, also has not been too open in his
methods, ^e has been seceretly informing foreigners etc: that
they should always take their cases to him or his sons for
settlement. This, of course, is hard to prove, but is done by
means of "Pidawis" etc: • These methods of the Ruler have led
to one of two awakward, not to say unpleasant, incidents
recently. Poreign Arabs for instance have taken their case to
one of Shaikh Isa f s courts and not having received justice,
they have come running to the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , and have claimed
Government's protection and retrial of their case by myself.
Much correspondence and unpleasantness has resulted for
invariably Shaikh Isa knowing he has been wrong in the first
instance has endeavoured to justify his conduct by trying to
prove the person or persons involved to be subjects of his.
3. The whole question of jursidiction is, apart from
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the letter mentioned in para(l) very clearly put in His
Majesty 1 s Government's order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. , para 8.
4. „ order to remove all chances of misunderstanding
in future both in the minds of the public and in tirat of the
Ruler,I have today written 2 letters "A" & "B" to Shaikh Isa
and have published a notice to the people' of Hanamah,sending
copy of the same to Shaikh Isa.
Por your information I am sending you English trans
lation of letters "A" & f, E ,f and "notice".