"ملف 5/22 الشيخ خلف" [و‎‎١‎٦] (٤٨/٣٣)

Political Agency,
Ben re. in, the iJlst ^arcn 1931
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Captain C.G.Prior i.A*,
Fciiiical Agent,iianrain.
The ilon ? ble f ihe Political Resiaent
in the Persian Gulf•,Bushire.
Sir,
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In continuation of my telegram of the 18th March,
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I hs.ve the honour to encJose copies oi' correspondence tast
aas passed between this office ;nnd tne consular Secretary
to ^ is Excellency the Li^h 3o:.^iibbioner for T iraq.
i. it will be seen UiRt 'naikh ViPlaf opplied through
the I'ign vomiissioner to be f-lioweo to return to Banrain for
three months,ano after a cerlein amount of delay aue to
Ramazan I asked Shaikh liamad what nc wislied to ao,ana he
decided not, to allow him to return in view of his nisciiiev-
ious record. 1 replied to that effect in my letter No:345
dateci tne i4tli rAarch. vdthout waiting for a reply,trie
Baghdad hesidancy issued him vifith an emergency certificate
to enable him to return to Bahrain (No:51 datea the 4th
..larch 1931, a escribing him as a British protected person,
actually he is a Persian; and he was also proviaec with 9
letter of introduction,No:2069 aated the £7th February
quoting their former endorsement. I need hardly say tnat
Shaikh F.halaf requires no introauction to this Agency.
3. Since they must have seen from his petition,which is
mentioned in the letter of introduction that there was
evidently a bar to his return they should not have taken
action without receiving a reply and i would be glad if the
attention of His Excellency tiie High Commissioner could be
drawn