ملف 19/116 VII (C 21) استبداد الأسرة الحاكمة ضد الرعايا البحرينيين: مراسلات مختلفة" [و‎‎٦‎٦] (٢٥٠/١٣٣)

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increase Shaik Abdulla's allowance to enable him to live comfortably
without recourse to oppression.
While writing the above Shaik Abdulla called and
informed me that he had come to n satisfactory arrangement with his
brother and that they both* intended to visit me in a few d« ys and
explain the exatt situationo
I hope that this arrangement will form a real
basis for co-operation between the two brothers# Nothing appeals to
Abdulla so much as money,and if that fails and he again intrigues
against his brother,! fear there will be no solution other than
the drastic one off deporting•him. He undertakes to tetlp his brother
to the best of his ability & appears to realise that^ as his own
income is to be directly proportional to the receipts of the Oustoms
ands other revenue,tiiat he will personally benifit by ery improve
ment in the administration ikt/ch will encourage trade and cultivation#
He will however need very careful watching for a long time#
As a result of Abdulla's cfatoge of attitude the
relations between the Agency and the remainddr of A1 IChalifeh
including Shaik: 3asa hsve considerably improved# The principal need
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is an arab of repute who would act as a go-between when necessity
arisew,without being actuated by personal motives or taking upon
himself more than he is authorised to do# 3uch a person iaax not
now available, and I think it should be the principal duty of the
P .A# to cultivate such relations with some person wto wf influence
who will be of use in the future# I believe Khan 3ahib Abdul Rah n
Ziyani to be the most suitable person# lhan Bahadur Mohamad Sharif
can at all times be relied on but he is a Persian and has little
influence with the Shaiks# Yusuf Kanoo has also recently made it his
business to represent M.Sharif in as unfavourable a light as possible
to the Shaiks,doubtless fearing he might become too useful an
assistant to the Political Agent and ipso facto,his rival #
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