"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٣] (٥٣٤/٢٩١)

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Bahrain the 27^ Hovgmbor 1920.
To,
Tfe# Political Reeident,
in tfe« Persian Gulf,
B U S H I R E.
MEMORANDUM :-
!• Skaiklt Isa bin Ali Al-ihalifak, the Ruler of BaiiraAn
Mas been very persistent of late in ignoring para 3 of Govern
ment of India's letter No. 1145-E.A.datosi 5th May I920,wkich
finally lays down that all subjects of Foreign Arab Rulers
residing in Bahrain should cosne under the jurisdiction of this
Agency,unless such Rulers possess a definite anfi fornal treaty
to the opposite effect,
2. Shaikh Isa,I fear,also has not been too open in his
Methods. He has been secretly informing foreigners etc that *
they should always take their cases to him or his sons for
settlement. This,of course,is hard to prove,but tktM is done
by means of ** هذه التواريخ تقريبية Fidawis * etc. These methods of the Ruler have
led to one or two awkward / not to say unpleasant^, incidents
recently# Foreign Arabs for instance have taken their case to
one of Shaikh Isa's counts and not having received justice,
they have come running to the Agency, and have claimed Govern- y
of their case '
ment's protection,and retria}/by myself. Wuch correspondence
and unpleasantness has resulted^for invariably Shaikh Isa
knowing he has been wrong in the first instance hat^endavoured
to justify his conduct by trying to prove the person or per-,
sons involved to be subjects of his.
3. , The whole question of jurisdiction is apart from
the letter mentioned in para ( l) very clearly put in His
Majesty f s Governments order in Council para 8o
4. In order to remove all chances of misunderstanding
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in future both in minds of the public and in that of the
Ruler,I have today written 2 letters "A* & ^B^ to Shaikh Isa,