'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms' [‎121r] (272/476)

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No. 102 C. of the I 7th August, 1929.
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'XifiBiiTWL RECOflBS.
The Secretary to the Hon'ble the Political Hesident,
in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Bushire.
J emorandum.
In continuation of my letter C/84 and in reply to
your telegram regarding reforms in Bahrein my reply to the
points raised is as follows,
2. The demand for medical help and midwives came
from the Baladiyya, and so may well be said to be general.
The demand for technical education is very widely felt and
though I have only discussed the matter with the better edu
cated I can safely say that there is a very general wish for
some form of it in Bahrein. It is frequently pointed out to
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me that all masons and carpenters and almost all mecknics are
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brought in from outside. Kanoo is opposed to it, or at any
rate damns it with faint praise, as he would prefer that his
mechani should be the only skilled men in the Islands.
3. I have revised rnyKH opinion about Shaiich Ab-^
dullah and I think that any messages that pass between him and \
Bin Saud are probably only polite nothings. His dislike or
jealousy of Bin Saud was proved in no uncertain way the day v
before D left. He told me about the narrow escape of Bin Saudi
son betweennRiadh and Hasa and the burning of all his cars with
obvious pleasure at his discomfiture.
4. I fear Mubarak will need more than a year with
a tutor before he can derive much advantage from outside trian-
ing. It was never my intention that he should be trained up
to be anything but an assistant to Shaikh Salman, v^iose claim
I mention in para 27.
5. Shaikh Hamad has agreed to a tutor, and I am
asking separately fcr his deputation. Until he has started work
I do not consider there is anything to be done, but should he
impede the boys studies a v/arning might be useful. His two
brothers have volunteered to bring pressure to bear upon him