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wat ff :f ’ ro ' , i the well, one of then had a rifle with him
a e oth 'J’ an ^ ra nunition belt. A bedouin of the Beni Qitab
who was at the well forcibly took away the rifle and the
“h L°h o f ^U"f 1 - an ?', after Sfceallng th(3ir absconded,
and to punish ?he cu^pri? § PS t0 re0 ° Ver the SC ° len rifle
tho 3 jtil ] i t w l as recently kidnapped from Dubai by two of
JJj® inh Q > 2 nd taken t0 Muwailih, about seven ailes y from
onarjah, where he was kept in chains until he could bo sold to
^ ? ea i er ? a " d moved t0 Buraimi. The Batini. however,
escaped at night and came to the Batini guards ac the 3.O.A.C.
fort. ihey took him to the Shaikh of Sharjah who opened his
wo^n 5 h nd released him - rhs 3haikh of ^bai has imprisoned a
voman a ho .-/as suspected of helping in the abduction of the man.
B 6 . THB 1 A’VAMTR .
On the 14th a caravan of 7 Batinis (subjects of
1 U SC dh was attacked by a gang of robbers believed to be of
e k ;L. A ' va ” ur 1 ?; ar to the western entrance of Fadi el Qaur, in
o a jah territory, one of the Batinis was killed and 4 wounded
jn£ or Ca h 0lS killed ' 4 camels and all their loads consist-’
VK 2 -; v,? hes and to bac co W ere stolen. The Shaikh of Ras al
.haimah s car which happened to pass the scene of the robbery
. s n3 ^ day Picked up the wounded and brought them to Dubai
und ? r treatment. The Shaikh of Sharjah did not
take an/ Sc-eps against the robbers.
27. FUJAIRAH.
. '2 n ^ he T-^th Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad ash-Sharqi of
f r . a ^ a J ra ^ r 1 or anr ^ Buraimi by car. He was on his
w T . {amas ^^ to try to redeem a woman kidnapped from Kalba
y A /amir raiders and taken to Hamasah en route for S^udi Arabia
He undent ook this ac the request of her relacives who were unable
to geo che Regent of Kalba or his nephews to help them.
28. MAHATMA GANDHI .
^ news of che assassination of MAHATMA GANDHI was
t f nock Co the Indian Communicy in Bahrain. All the
In an shops were closed immediately the news was received. The
^ aay ’ 31st January, all shops, Hindu, Muslim and Arab, in
oth i-lanama and Muharraq and the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. and Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. offices
np-rf y tndu Cemple in Manama religious rites were
performed to synchronise with the. funeral ceremony in New Delhi-
many Indian Muslims, and two American Missionaries attended the'
h n r ? m whpA r,l n the 2 venin S there was a congregation in the temple
hall wh^n prayers from the Bible and Gita, and the favourite
hymns or MAHATMA^ GANDHI were recited. At the end the whole
gathering stood in silence for three minutes.
29. LOC AL AFFAIRS ,
(i) On tho ^3rd the ^^ab Club:
celebration of the Prophet Monammed':
of the "Bahrain Club" in Muharraq.
of Bahrain held
Birthday at the
a joint
premises
(ii) The Bahrain Government are anxious to bmr a r ^ r, ' ?
pre ^' v.'S 07 haVe been infor med that it will be a. ^east 1/5
months before they can obtain a new press from the United Kingdom
/and nav .