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Id im Shaikh Isa expressed a wish to w-esteMish^a Sa r o r 1 1 ®"" 1 "' Bo “ 8 ,,i ‘^
and check the intrigues of his Chief had not the power to pro-
ported to Government that m hrs ^ “Jhosed n. ro rernai,, neutral,
tect the tribes residing m Qatar and had advised turn to i
In 1875 the Government of India definitely waraeddhe^Staikh of ^
T^hirthelhaikirre lied' tharhe^submitted to the orders of Government,
but did not consider his lights to Qatar invalid or ext.net inconsequence.
In 1879 Shaikh Mohamed bin Thant died and Shaikh Jasim bin 1 ham
succeeded. . , . . ^ r ^ _ i
In 1890 Shaikh Jasim intrigued to get a Turkish garrison m l! ir a f
El Qatar and from then onward for several years negotiations passeo between
His Majesty's Government and the Porte to evacuate these lurkish por s.
In 1895 a division of the A1 bin Ali under Shaikh Sultan bin Salama fled
from Shaikh'Isa to Zubara where they were encouraged to settle by Shaikh
Jasim under the Turkish flag. A naval expedition went to Zuba-a and a por-.
tion of the A1 bin Ali were persuaded to return to Bahrein, the others went to
Bida. •
In 190" Shaikh Ahmad bin Thani, who had succeeded Shaikh Jasim, wdshed
to come under the protection of the British Government, out, owing to pressure
from the Foreign. Office and the Ambassador at the Porte, the project of making
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1st Assistant Resident.
Memorandum No. 17G, dated Bahrein, the Gth December 1919, (Confidential.)
From—-M ajor H. R. P. Dickson, C.I.E., Polithal Agent, Bahrein,
To—The Deputy Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. , Bushire.
'Reference the Civil Commissioner, Baghdad’s No. dated 31st October
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I fear I am not in a very good position to offer criticisms on the three
points raised by Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa al Khalifah, as I have only
recently taken over charge of political affairs at Bahrein. What views I do
therefore, put forward must of necessity be those of one lacking experience in
the affairs of the Islands and I trust due allowance will be made for discrepan-’
cies, and possibly false conclusions. r
Before making any remarks on the three points raised, I should like to
make some general observations on the attitude in general of Shaikh Sir ' Isa
bin Ah al Rhahfah and his sons as they have struck
have in Bahrein.
me newly arrived as I
.From conversations I have had with both Shaikh ’Isa and his sons nr
Wilson's ntUren<»s I rl^ardhlg 0 the I policy^of^self^dete <1, ^ not ‘? n C and President
to have had its effect or, the mentaHtv of th! Ini? woul<1 seelr
Since my arrival been frequently remfndedby ShSkh I^that ^Great V. ^
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huriatiha,” etc., have become rather common oHat 1 8 t'/ 6 " Ku1 <
be an idea abroad that the hand of His Maiestv’sY r , ihere WOul . d a PPear t
going to be much more lightly felt and tbnt V* ‘J-'enirnent in future ii
dependence than heretofore is to be "rantefbtn’tbB 1 !?^! ar f 6 ^ measure of «
Arab Rulers. This feeling has beenCel fw “ Bahrein and othe:
recent amendments to the O.tel (Wn °‘ 1 ! erw,se I think by th,
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