'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎64r] (127/440)

To The Hoto’hle the iPolitiw-al Re si dent # Bush ire.
His Wajesty’n Tf ice Consul a+ Foharnmerah. Mo.554.
With compliments fran Consul at Ahv;az.
BRITISH COTT^LAT^,
No ,> 17 o AHWAZo
ITarch 6th, 1934.
Sir,
With reference to my telegram Mo. 16 of yesterday’s
date regarding Bahrain subjects at Gusbah, 1 have the
honour to report 4 hat, according to information given to
Hia Majesty' s VIch Consul by Bahraini residents in
Mohamrerah, a certain Seyed Hussein, claiming to be a
subject of the Shaikh of Bahrain died a few days ago as the
result cf beating by the -Ambieh authorities at Gusbah.
Another, Sair 3aleh, is said to he in a serious condition
after s imilar treatment.
2. I am now informed that the petition to the Shaikh
of Bahrain referred to in my telegrrm has actually been
sent .
3. On receipt of these reports 1 sent my Mead MubbM
to see the Governor General, Mirza \li Mohammed Khan Oveisy
expressed doubt as t o the possibility of such proceedings
against Persian subjects and told the Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. that he had
already giver instructions to the 3i ji 1-i-Ahwal Beuartmen t
in Ahwaz that no further att empt sr-were to be made to make
the Bahraini community at Gusbah take out Persian papers
until instructions had been received from Tehran. He
pointed out, however, that it is a matter of great
difficulty for the author i** ies to d i f f erenti ate between
one Arab and another Arab possessing no document of
identity, and that they all put forward claims to foreign
nation ality.
Sir Reginald Koare ,K.C „M.O.,
His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
etc. ,e+ c. ,etc .,