ملف 19/116 VII (C 21) استبداد الأسرة الحاكمة ضد الرعايا البحرينيين: مراسلات مختلفة" [و‎‎٦] (٢٥٠/١٣)

to take tn oath that he did not Icill it.This will entail the
lo33 of a whole d:.iy to several hundred persons. The oath oo«ld
equally well be taken in Manameh,but this !*oint has not been con
ceded to them # The case has not yet been settled by the Ruler.
Shailc Abdallo sent for the daughter of one Ali B^sri.Her oarents
refused to send her. Abdttlla T 3 Mother,who bas recently assumed the
title of tiaaen of Brhrain ordared the mother to aind the girl at
once or le? ve Bahrain.The girl was subsequently induced to marry
one of Shaiic Abdull's servants but has been put in one of
Shaik AbdallaSs houses and is kept as a mistress.
Some men grazing camels belonging to the Rulers wife.recently
seized a small boy outside > village and committed unnatural offences.
The villagers protested and said they would complain to the ^ueenS^
"When they did so t tht,t lady imprisoned about T? of the leaders and
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detained them in orison. She refused to s^nd the case to the Oadhi
and subsequently released them after payment of Hs
A Bahrt-inixsrira recently gave up the lease of one of the Shaiks*
gardens because they raised the rent b fore his existing agreeimat
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had expired .He then took another garden belonging to a subject of
Tatif. A perfectly false charge we s mi de against him (he m a not him
self informed of any charge,but one was formulated after his release)
and he was imorisoned ome month,fined Rs 500 and forbidden to work for
the "atif subject.In other words he would be forced to again take
the Shaiks g-rden at the enhanced rate.
. Forced labour, forced contibutions of fowls eggs etc and -friraati the
commandeering of boats,animals for transport etc are of daily occuren
ce. Commandeering of transport,knd forced labour,both known as
^Sakhra ' was originally a privelege of the Ruler.It is now practised
by every cadut of the family and by their satellites,amounting in all
to some hundred and fifty persons.and is a great hardship for the
inhabitants.
The conditions under which prisoners are confined are excessively
bad*
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