"ملف ‏19/109 II (C 17)‎ البحرين: علاقات الحاكم مع القوى الخارجية الأخرى" [و‎‎١‎٤‎٩] (٥٣٤/٣٠٣)

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Copy of a letter No, 388/V•O,dated the 26th November
1920 from Major H.R.P^Bickson ^I.S.Poiitical Agent jpahra in,
to His Excellency Siieikh Sir • Isa "bin Ali Al-Knalifah,K-C• I-HI;
C.S.I,Ruler of Bahrain.
After Compliments,
In continuation of my letter No. 387/V.C,dated 26th
Luveml'ei 1920.In order that it may be quite cle^r in future h.s
to who are^ and who are not^under the jurisdiction of this
Agency. I would again refer your Excellency to the letter of
His Majesty^ Government No. 1145-5.A,dated 5th May 1920 para 2
which deals with this very subject.
The paragraph reads as follows:-
I am directed to ini orm you that the Government of India
have given thess re^sta thsir most careful consideration
and I am to make the following reply;-
"I am to sxprass rsgrst that it is impoasibla for the Govern-
msnt of India to aoosds to the request that your father
snould exoeroiss Jurisdiction oyer the subjects of other
Arab Rulers residing in -pahrain unless the Rulers concerned
themselves maice i ormal agreements to this effect."
From the above it must now be quite clear to your
Excellency that apart from Persian Subjects and others and
all subjects of foreign Arab States namely subjects of Nejd,
Has sa, .Tuba il, Qatif, Qa tar ,Kuwa i t, Dubs, i,Abu nhabi, Shargafc,
Muscat and dependencies,Hadramaut,Yemen, Hejaz .Zanzibar,
Soootra etc, now come under the jurisdiction of this Agency
whilst resident in Bahrain^ seeing that the rulers of the
above mentioned states have no formal treatries to a contrary
effect with your Excellency. 1
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In order also that there may be no doubt whatsoever in
the minds of the people of Bahrain as to who ar-5 and who are
not under the jurisdiction and control of this Agency whilst
resident in Bahrain, I propose publishing a notice to the
above effect.
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I am sending a copy of this letter ,and copy of notice
to be issued t® the Resident for information.