"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٤] (٥٣٤/٢١٣)

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(d) That his Groverament is singularly inefficient and
weAk and is not nearly as good as tiaa most of the other
Shaikhs, its tendency is to exploit the Islands/ind
their inhabitants for the benefit of the A1 Khalifa and
In the circumstances it is hardly to be expected that the
Shaikh of Bahrain should be on exactly the sane footing as
tther Arab Chiefs.
As regards the question of subjects of Arab states, the
file about the Bahrain Order in Council is not here at present,
so I cannot refresh my memory. My recollection fesnrnz? ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية however
is that the whole difficulty was about Hassawis and Kataris
from the mainland i.e. Arabs of immediately neighbouring States,
I do not think it was intended that Muscatis, Handrama&tis,
Yemanis etc should be handed over to the Shaikhs jurisdiction.
HSJ ■ think the Sultan of .;!u^^a contemplates such
a thing as this. Muscatis coming with claims to Bahrain
generally get a letter from the Political Agent Muscat at the
request of the Sultan. Bin Baud in many of his letters to the
Political Agent asks the latter to look after his subjects.
and apparently does not contemplate their being dealt with by '
the shaikh. In the circumstances I think that before handing
our jurisdiction over Kuwaitis, Muscatis, Handraraanti8,Yemanis
eteethe Shaifeh^should be asked to produce his agreements with
the j-ttan of these places.
(2). it has hitherto always been recognized that the Arab
representatives in the Majlis are appointed by the Shaikh,subject
to the approval of the Political Agent as representative of the
Protecting power. I think this practice should be continued.
The Political Agent would never disapprove ^ fiiPl:/ suitable
man > and the Shaikh has only to refrain from appointing thorough
ly objectionable persons^ to enjoy practical freedom from
interference in the matter of his nominees to the Majlis,
The procedure is recognized in the Order-in-Council .and should,
I think, be maintained.
(3). Zubarah — a note has already been submitted by the First
one or two leading Arab fami 1 ies . ^
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