'File 19/109 II (C 17) Bahrain: Relations of Chief with other Foreign Powers' [‎238r] (481/534)

Extract fron^Shafaq-e-Sorkh** dated lat Safar 1341(23/9/2?'),
Wh©r© is Bahrain and whose property Is It?
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Bahrain is in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ard is the most important
and the richest Island of the Persian Hulf. Bahrain is a place
in which arrives 60 to 70 million rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. for the purchase of
pearls every year. Bahrain is a place which has become proverbia
in all the Southern Persia for its abundant ^ running waters,
springs and innumerous pleasant gardens. Bahrain is a place
in which 400 to 500 sailing vessels arrive from the Arab
Coast and Persia to obtain their requirements and to dispose
of their cargoes—a place whose importance the Indians have
realized and in which they have established several hundred*
firms ard derive wealth from it by millions.
Whose property is Bahrain? Bahrain is the property and
the inseparable part of Persia whether before or after Islam.
Even during the time of the Atabeks of Pars, when Persia was
almost in a feudal state it was under them. Bahrain was never
separate^ from Persia and it is not. History does not show
that at any time that Persia was ruled over by an
independent King Bahrain was not a part and parcel of the
Persian Coast. Nay^ I was mistaken; even during the periods of
feudalism again Bahrain wasja part of the Persian Coast such
as Reshire, Bushire, Qais Island, etc*
what is the reason, therefore, that the British Government
wishes to prevent us from the occupation of a natural part of
our country* On what legal grounds does the British Government
want to appropriate the most important and productive Island
of the Persian Islands? ? ? hat is the British Governments
authority and argument T If the British Government tries to
adduce the rebellion of the Beni Ataneh Arabs of several years
a fro as the reason for the seizing of one of our Islands, she
can as well, for the same reasons, taVe possession of all
Persia, because such incidents of rebellion by Khans and
Shaikhs in Persia have taken place at all times. Whenever there
has been any trouble in this country, the influential persons
of the neighbourhood, taking advantage of the Central Governments
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