"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎٢] (٥٣٤/٩)

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From
'To . ^ o f 1913,
POLITICAL AGEITOY, SAHHEf^.
Major A. 0 . Trevor, G,I.E.,
Political Agent, Bahrein,
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Lisut-Colonel 3ir Percy Cox, K.C.I.^^, C.S.I.,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf.
Dated Bahrein, the j7th J maary 101 -3
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Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that on the 23rd in
stant the Sheikh 1 s Secretary 3 a gar bin '■ una ami. called and
showed mo a notice which Sheikh Tsa proposed to issue for
bidding all Bahrein Nakhudas to land cargo in Hasa at any
other point than 0jair^ From enquiries it appeared that
Sheikh. Isa had received a letter from the Mutasarrif of Hasa
on the subject.
Accordingly on Friday when visiting the^Sheikh on the sub
ject of the landing arrangements, I askedi him about the mat
ter, and he produced a letter from the Hutasarrif, a coP'.' of
which T annex, in which the ^utasarrif asked the Sheikh to
assist in preventing cargoes being landed elsewhere than at
0jair.
Tt appears that the Mutasarrif wrote to Sheikh Isa con-
gratulating him on Sheikh Muhammad 1 s safe return from the
Haj, and that Sheikh Isa acknowledged this. In reply to that
communication, the Mutasarrif sent the present communication.
No doubt the incident reported in the diary for the week
ending 6th January 1913, para 29S, brought the question of
smuggling to a head and led the ^utasarrif to write on the
subject. 4
I am suggesting to Sheikh Isa that he should issue a notice
stating that the local authorities of Hasa have prohibited
the