'File 8/16 Bahrain Intelligence Report' [‎49r] (97/154)

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IBS. A number of anonymous pamphlets haV been
addressed to the Ruler of Bahrain protesting against the '
alleged high-handedness of the Financial Adviser to the
Bahrain Government, Mr. C.D. Belgrave, C.B.E.
189. ROYAL AIR FORCE .
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As a result of the introduction, on instructions
from Air Headquarters, Iraq, of a new wage scale - a slight
reduction on the rates previously paid -, the Arab labour
employed by the Royal Air Force at Muharraq went on strike on
the 3rd September. The majority of the strikers have since
returned to work,
190. . The recent disturbances in India have caused a
number of residents of Karachi to apply for permission to
come to Bahrain to stay with their relatives here for an
indefinite period.
191. T RUCIAL COAST .
(i) Reference paragraph 130(i) of Intelligence
Summary No.16.
K.L.M. aircraft have been landing at Sharjah
on eastbound and westbound flights. On the 4th September Mr.
Jansen, Assistant Chief Lines Service Officer, left for
Baghdad. He hats been relieved by Mr. Van Van der Lecq who
arrived from Baghdad two days earlier without a visa.
(ii) During the period under report, Shaikh Muhammad
bin Hamad ash-Sharqi of Fujairah visited Ibri. His visit was
at the invitation of A1 Riqaishi, Shaikh of Ibri, who wished
to secure the release of certain thieves imprisoned by
Fujairah.
(iii) on the 3rd, Shaikh Sultan bin Salim, Ruler of
Ras al Khaimah, visited Khalid bin Ahmad, Regent of Kalba.
(iv) The Beni Ka'ab tribesmen recently tried to
depose their Chief, Obaid bin luma'h, in favour of the sons
of Salim bin Diyayn, a former chief of the tribe. It is
reported that they were instigated by Shaikh Saqr bin Sultan,
Chief of the Nai’m, who still bears a grudge against Obaid for
the clandestine aid and encouragement he gave the Shaikh of
A 7 man when Ajman seized Masfut village. The sons of Salim bin
Diyayn denied any knowledge of the plot and Obaid professes to
have forgiven them. Obaid is the maternal uncle of Saqr.
(v) A servantLwoman of Khan village, Sharjah, was
abducted by a Beni Qitab tribesman near the water wells
outside Sharjah. She was released immediately when the Shaikh’s
guards, employed by the Royal Air Force on the water wells,
opened fire. It is stated that she had been sold by her
employer to the tribesman, who was to abduct her when she went
to fetch water. The woman has applied .to the 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. Agent,
Sharjah, for manumission.
(vi) Reports have also been received that persons
are being abducted into slavery from Dubai by a gang led by
Khalifah bin Majid, an influential relative of the Shaikh of
Dubai. The slaves are taken to Hamasah. The Shaikh of Dubai
/has been