'File 19/165 II (C 20) Bahrain Reforms' [‎189r] (400/494)

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F:rom Resident, Bushlre.
10 * P^eign , Delhi .
Repeated Colonial Office , London .
No. 1155 •
Dated 15th December 1923 ,
My letter Ho . ojl—s dated 11th November.
Shaikh Hamad now proposes to sell by auction
next Tuesday part of confiscated property of Dowasir tribe
in Bufiaiya, azi fears that Bin Saud will give trouble in
matter . Tribe left after clear warning from Knox and my
self that their property would be liable to confiscation.
In circumstances presume there is no objection to sale, and
Bin Saud appears to me to have no ground for interfering.
Shaikh Hamad has guard of 40 riflemen at Budaiyah which
should be sufficient to prevent any small raid by Dowasir or
their well wishers .
I may mention here that 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. has
heard indirectly tteat from leading Shiah tribesmen of T^RUT
and SINaBIS near Darin and at if that they wish to escape
from tyranny of Bin Saud' s rule and come to Bahrain-, they
are said to number two to three thousand people with about
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100 boats and would do well for Budaiya . They were all
originally Bahrain subjects who left within last thirty years
or so to escape Bahrain oppression. olitical Agent has
so far refused to have anything to do with them. .Perhaps
we might now address Bin Saud about the departure of the
Dowasir and suggest an exchange.
Trevor .