File 522/1922 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein affairs: Retirement of Shaikh Isa; Reforms' [‎44r] (96/804)

CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 631-S.. dated Bushire, the 11th (received 24th) November 1923.
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Exodus of the Dowasir Tribe from Bahrain.
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their lands and proper”/would be^o/fiscatd 0 C ° Ul ? d ° S0 ’ but
necessary to punish the Oownoir. -p ^ tlscat ® cl ’ etc - Subsequently it became
neighbourhood 1 ofthe^j/wasir'^ow/nf ° f T ? Wah Mu > lahs “ the
Ahmed Dowari was fined Rs 15 000 The^fi aT1< their leading Shaikh,
whether by the Dowasir Shafkh himiif r t n6 Wa l dul y P aid > though
his behalf is not cTrtaTn. Xt v /r7kn e affer* 1 “f cb ft sympathiser Zn
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siaered that this location would be too much under Thn Sanrl’c k C ° j
they accordingly asked Rin oil 15111 haud s thumb and
promontory wlfch becomes anTsLd a Hot t0 t CCUpy Dammai “. a
side the likits of the Q “tif oasis Thl the g S, tT 7,° mileS a 0Ut -
do and two-thirds of the tribe wenf there whOe Shaikh Isa d
Dosari with the remaining third remained aiBudaiya Ahmed
,1 ^ is understood that the old Town and Fort of Dammam mentioned in
e azetteer and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Pilot have disappeared and that the
promontory is more or less barren waste but having a spring of water in it-
no one, however, has visited the place recently and informatio^reJaMinJ
it m vague and uncertain. While I was at Bahrain reports were receded that
the absconding Dowasir had been in difficulties with their boats in the bad
weather which prevailed : it is reported that some boats had been destroyed
and many were damaged by the waves, as there is nothing approaching a
drawn 1 * " ^ d , h f ch (^PP^ently) on to which boats can g be
division o X f tko i a d 0 re P° rt ® d fchat the tr?be had come to blows about the
division of the land and where the various households should ‘squat’ and
hat a fight had ensued m the course of which some six men were killed
and several wounded. If these reports are not exaggerated the portion of
the Dowasir who left Bahrain should now be in a position to listen to
reason.
I and the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. discussed the method of dealing with the
contumacious section of the tribe with Shaikhs Hamad and Abdulla
and eventually came to the conclusion that, as Colonel Knox had said in
nis speedy that any tribe which wanted to go might do so subject to con-
nscatipn of property, etc., it would not be seemly to try and persuade the
recalcitrant portion of the Dowasir to return. But the whole tribe had not
iPT • bllaikh Isa Bosari with a following of about 1,000 was left at
Budaiya. It seemed to me that Colonel Knox had only agreed to tribes
going off as a body and not to a portion going and a portion staying The
Dowasir’s idea of part leaving and part staying did not commend itself
to me at all: obviously they desired to have a foot in both camps which
would not suit the interests of Shaikh Hamad or ourselves. It would
result m any member of the tribe remaining at Budaiya who got into trouble
being m a position to get off to his kinsmen at Dammam and vice versa .