"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎١‎٠‎٧] (٥٣٤/٢١٩)

To
Fro^n
The Deputy Political iiesident, Persian iul: ,
The Oivil Commissioner in Mesopotamia, Baghdad.
Of
No.368,
Dated 13th February 1920.
When at iian;hdad we discussed qu stions dealt with in my memo,
dated 28th December :;o # 240~S and you asked me to ma e some add
itional remarks but regret I inadvertently omitted to do so,
Meanwhile have soen P.A.Bahrain's letter dated 17th January
Ho,9-C which is interesting and thro/s new light on Ist and
^rd points raided by Shaikh of Bahrain. Have loooked up files
and see that in 1912-13 and 1913-14 jurisdiction question only
referred to Hassawis Katifis and Kataris i.e. natives of im
mediately n ighbouring states. I do not think average extra
work to Political gent involved ny r .usca'is Yemenis Hardramautis
etc would exceed one or two hours per week, and it appears from
Political Agent's abovementioned memo, that such persons claim
protection of Political Agency, so that if you see no objection
Shaikh might be asked to produce his agreements with respective
rulers if he wishes^ to obtain jurisdiction over inhabitants of
distant Arab states, and only take agreements for granted in
case of inhabitants of Kaiar nassa and natif.
I do not t-.ink this ^rould be contrary to para V of letter
dated 1st February from Political Agent bahrain to Shaikh of
Bahrain which from my record appears to have conveyed deciBion
of h . m ' s Govern nt on question of hi a jurisdiction over
Arabs to 3hai!<h of Bahrain.
irevor.
o.A^" 3.
The Residency,
Bushire, 14th February 1980
Oopy forwarded to the Political Agent Bahrain for information
Deputy Political he ident, Persian .^ul