'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms' [‎84r] (188/494)

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translation of a pstitlon from 12 Sunnl Hakhnaas, sent on board
xt.i.M.a ijawranc® on 1/11/23,
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o ^iaut.Ciolonal a .P, Trevor C.a.IoC.I.E,Political Residentbin th«
Persian trulfo
h lioble ^ir.
Major -^aly pablishsd to the people of Bahrain a notica
n reply to oar petition as follows- { Hera follows the text of proclam-
tion vide telegram i*o to i?olitical Agent Bahrain).
Jh Honourable »ir \ it is clear from this that Your Honour has under
stood from the petition^ that the people of Bahrain are opposed to
Segforms & are desiroaa of a state of savagery.Oh Sir, we are ciyilisa(
not wild people. n 9 ourselves strive for reforms <5: are for long past
3ivilised people,but we do not accept that a thing should be mis-named.
Is it possible for anyone to speak of what has happened happening
Ln Bahrain (as -Reforms.sic) , Is it T Reforms T to dismiss the Amir of
the -Lown from his duties against the wishes of the people & his own wisl
without 'Shara' grounds therefor* & is it reforms to deport people
Imprison & fine them by the thousands tens of thousands,without trial,
i-s it 'Reforms 1 to change Manameh into a Foreign Town.Is it , reforms ,
for Major u&lyto himself act like a tiadhi,as if bh were the 'Shara^
the tp-dhi or is it reforms like the matter of the killing of the Bastakj
q the charge of stealing a ring.? Is it 'Reforms* to abuse noble people
n court.? Is it reforms to close all the courts 5: open only one court
in a place like Bahrain,& to make all cases be opened by petitions,
which take a long time so that if a case be criminal or urgent,such
sases are only delat with twice in each week? Is it reforms to put the
Avenues of the country into an iinglish Bank,without taking the ipinion
of tl« people,whan the revenues come out of their pockets. In short
these are examples of what aire called 'Reforms' v/hich you have taken up
In this 2oth century & which Major Daly has commenced. Is it right for
a person to take another pe rsons house on the excuse that it urgently
Qeeeded repair ( reform'* Indeed reforms are such things as advance the
people,but Me jor ^aly has shut the road to advancement <5: he it who
"tops those who strive for their country, .iiivan uuj Municipality whieh ie