File 1508/1905 Pt 1 'Bahrain: situation; disurbances (1904-1905); Sheikh Ali's surrender; Question of Administration Reforms (Customs etc)' [‎110r] (224/531)

cu •,T h ? pear s were valued an<3 returned to the custody of Ramob but
bheikh Isa took raoney m advance from Ramoh (Rs. lo.ooo) as his share of
khidma (ludicial fee or succession duty) before the pearls were sold and the
case decided.
Syed Khalaf had other valuables mortgaged to the Banians through Syed
Nasir, for Rs. 2^000 and also other pearls mortgaged to Ali Bin Nasir for
Rs. 1,000.
After some time Sheikh Isa Bin Ali issued orders that the case be decided
by an Ijlas composed of the following persons
1. Muqbil AlDukher.
2. Abdul Rahman Bin Idan.
3. Vishan Das, Banian Merchant of Indian extraction. .
4. Syed Ulwi Bin Syed Jawwad.
5. Haji Hasan Bin Salman.
6. Mohammad Bin Abdul Wahab.-
7. Ramoh.
8. One representative from the house of Ganga Ram.
The order was placed in the hands of Muqbil. The above sat as Judges
and decided that one of the Banians should be deputed to take action regard
ing all the valuables of the deceased, mortgaged or otherwise, and that all the
Valuables be collected together, and sold, and all liabilities of the deceased to be
paid therefrom. Ramoh, Banian Merchant of Indian extraction. , offered to become responsible, and he col
lected together all the valuables mortgaged to the Banians and all others.
These were then put to auction, and 1 heard that they fetched a price of
Rs. 1,05,000. All the purchasers except Mohammad Bin Abdul Wahab, who
purchased the greater portion of the pearls, paid for their purchases there and
then, but this man said he had no money just then, and he would pay and take
over his share of the pearls a few days later. His share was therefore placed in
the charge of Ramoh for the time being, with the explicit understanding that
the pearls could be handed over to Mohammad Bin Abdul Wahab only on the
occasion of his paying up the value of his purchases. The Judges then paid to
the following the sums against their names, in discharge of the liabilities of my
husband :—
Rs.
1. Banians and Ali Bin Nasir in liquidation of mortgages ... 28,000
2. Syed Sadiq ... ... ... ,,, 10,000
3. Ramoh, in return for the sum he advanced to Sheikh Isa as
“ khidma’' ... ... ... ... 10,000
Total 48,000
Thus the balance left was ... ... ••• 57 > 00 °
Syed Khalaf had also a demand of Rs. 4,000 upon his cousin, Syed
Nasir, for whom he paid this sum to the Banians. Syed Nasir had mortgaged
certain ornaments to Banians for Rs. 4,000 and it was on this account that my
husband, the late Syed Khalaf, paid Rs. 4,000 to the Banians and himself got
possession of Syed Nasir’s ornaments. Later on my husband represented to
Syed Nasir that the value of the ornaments mortgaged did not come up to
Rs. 4,000 (it is only 3 , 000 ) so he should offer something else to make up the
deficiency. Syed Nasir gave over a house for this purpose. To decide this
matter, Muqbil and his colleague judges broached the subject to Syed Nasir.
But Syed Nasir said that against this, he had a demand of greater value on the