"تقرير الإدارة عن المقيمية السياسية في الخليج الفارسي للأعوام ١٩١٥-١٩١٩" [ظ‎‎١‎١‎٠] (٣٩٦/٢٢٧)

48 ANNUAL EEPORT BY THE PERSIAN GULF POLITICAL BESIDENCT
inoculated. The number of people inoculated during this epidemic was 1051
as compared with 781 in 1915 and 93 in 1911 ' '
Steps were taken to clean the town of Manamah and the mat roofs of the
bazaar, which were filthy beyond description, were removed. These measures
had a good effect and resulted in the death rate of Manamah being far below
that of Muharraq Island.
The existence of the wireless telegraph has been a great blessing, as the
wireless station ^ been . Ter y i^guiar'and the
Reuters summaries have been of much
value for spreading war news.
Billg ,. ud Friendly correspondence on m i ttor
matters and giving news has been ketit
up with Bin Sa'ud.
On November 14th Mr. H. St. J. Philby's Mission proceeded to Riadh.
The Hasa-Eiadh route is fairly safe—two caravans were looted by tribes
Hasa and Qatif, hostile to Bi n Sa' ud in February, but the
lost goods w T ere recovered. The Political
Agent's visit to the Amir of Qatif has placed relations on a personal basis with
happy results. The value of such visits cannot be overrated and it is hoped
that in the future there will be more opportunity for making them.
q atar Friendly correspondence has been car
ried on regarding minor matters but
nothing of importance occurred.
Qadhi Shaikh Qasim bin Mahzah, the chief Sunni Qadhi, has tried a large
Local Officials and the Majlis. number of cases at the Political Agent's
. request; his decisions are extremely good
and quick and he has a genius for extracting evidence from the extraordinarily
untruthful witnesses produced in Bahrain.
Qadhi Shaikh Khalaf, the Shi'ah Qadhi, was dismissed by Shaikh 'Isa for
corruptness and injustice in January and Qadhi Shaikh Salman bin Ahmad al
Asrur has been appointed in his stead. He seems a rather colourless individual
Muhammad bin Fadhal, Judge of the Salifat-al-Ghaus (Pearling Court)'
as dealt with cases quickly and fairly well; he is, however, much under
the thumbs of the pearling: fraternity and it is often difficult to get justice for
a diver. It is hoped eventually to establish a court of three or four reputable
men at the head of the pearling trade who, though in the trade themselves,
wiL not permit too gross injustice to be perpetrated by one of their number.
The number and details of cases brought to the Court of the Political
Agent, Bahrain, during the year 1917 are
shown below :—
J adicial.
43 bad obractew pi*!
repatriated.
%
Ee. 2 1 09,832-H
largely suddprf^p 0 ^? 1 ^ ^ u 1 re f or 1916 ^ criminal cases is due
tendency has bepn -n r> ^ ei ^ ic ' eai Jy ln the year, of frivolous complaints; this
day aT whTeh n nv ^ PreSSed - An hour has been appointed on each Court
Arent This Tim <1 PerS ? n , ma ^ P resent a petition personally to the Political
SscXS^ 6 takeS llttle time entirely frightens ol
'Kit,