"ملف 5/4 عبد العزيز القصيبي وعبد الله القصيبي" [و‎‎٢‎٨] (١٤٤/٥٥)

amri jidorci©r quelled dldturbaao«a and oall#d dbaijtii Ida al
Kiialita, tii«n a jriigitlve, to the ihalkbdoit ot Baiiraia fifty
five years ago . HIa fa&hex had beaii lei Ilea in t&at fignt—
iag whioh led to active laterventioa by Hia Kajedty'a Gov
ernment .
During t at long rule of fifty five yeura, it waa
the British Government who maintwiined f on more than one
oooasion by force of arm^ , Shaikh laa as Shaikh of Baiirciin
and it is no secret that the protection of li±a Majesty's
Government haa more than once helped Shaikh lsa f not only
against external a^greaaion, but also agc^inst his cm sub
jects the Baharinan who have long been seriously oppressed
and thoroughly discontented*
Many ti^ea also, notably against Persia and Turkey^
the British Government has specifically refused to permit
the presence of foreign agents f other than its own Political
Agent, in the islands of Bahrain*
It founded its claim in this respect on the under-
t<aking given by Shaikh lea al Khalifah on his appointment as
Shaikh in the year 1880 confirmed in 1892 when dhaikh isa
distinctly undertook
firstly f that he would on no account enter into any
agreement or correa^ond ence^ otner than the
British Government
secondly, that, without the assent of tne British Gov
ernment, he would not consent to tne reaidence
within his territc&y of the agent of any other
Government.
To obviate the Just complaints of foreigners against
and misrule
maladministration/on the part of the Shaikhs , which had led
to these claims on the part of Persia and Turkey to have
resident agents in Bahrain, the British Government was ob
liged to bring pressure to bear on Shaikh Isa with the result
that, on the 28th Jamadi II 1327 K., he confirmod to iiajor
Mackenzie the working arrangement which had air ady commenoe#
in the time of Major Prideaux by which c^aes concerning
foreigners