'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms' [‎76r] (172/494)

19/163 & 19/165-
Telegram R.
prom Resident , Eushire.
To Foreign, Simla.
No . 960 .
Dated 29th October 1923.
PRIORITY.
Bahrain reforms.
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. telegraphs that Shaikh Hamad
tells him that strong opposition to reforms is being made w
Sunni tribes at instigation of iihmed Cosari , Ahmed
bin La he j and -^bdul Wahab zayani who agitate persistently and
preach disobedience. They also practise it having refused
to obey Shaikh's order to attend Majlis and committed other
flagrant acts of disobedience. Shaikh Hamad prays that
Government will assist him (1^ by removing these three agit
ators (2) by forbidding tribal heads from leaving Bahrain
out of contumacy and (3) by warning Ein Baud and Shaikhs of
atar and Kuwait not to receive or to harbour such persons.
Shaikh Hamad thinks such action would definitely suppress
opposition to ref orms .
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. reports three agitators ment
ioned are notorious they have collected fis one lakh One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees for pur
poses of agitation and resistance to reforms, of which good
grounds for -believing Ahmed contributed 10,000/- ■ He thinks
and I agree, that these men should be severely dealt with.
In regard to Shaikh's first request therefore,
if ^haikh Hamad arrests these men would Government be pre
pared to receive and detain them in India ? If so will
Government please telegraph instructions urgently so that I
can inform Shaikh Hamad who will certainly raise question dur
ing my f orthcoming visit to Bahrain on 1st November . In
respect of (2) I might perhaps warn tribal Heads that Govern
ment will view with disfavour any attempt on their part to
leave Bahrain out of contumacy and that if they do they must
take consequences and expect retaliatory measures from the
ruler