ملف 19/116 VII (C 21) استبداد الأسرة الحاكمة ضد الرعايا البحرينيين: مراسلات مختلفة" [و‎‎٧‎٨] (٢٥٠/١٥٧)

and receiving petitions from Baharnah etc etc I had not till
this occasion had much chance of seeing the outskirts of the
Town and the interior of the Island. On this occasion I
hardly recognized the Eastern end of Manama near the Agency.
So much for Manama Town. Pired by its example a sort
of Municipality has been started at Moharraq. It has done
a little towards cleaning up and tidying up the place but
not much, not having the driving force of the Political
Agen urge it on and back it up. As the Government of
India are aware the Island of Moharr^q is inhabited almost
exclusively by the Khalifali family and Arabs, and is left
severely alone by Political Agents as practically none of
the Foreign community reside there.
Outside Manama Town motor roads have been made by the
Political Agent with the approval of the Shaikh. Sometime
ago after a good deal of pressure by the Political Agent
anc. lip micipality and leading men of Manama, Shaikh
Isa agreed to allow roads to be made and^eaded a
public subscription to raise funds for this purpose. As a
result quite good motor roads have been made to Budaiya on
■Toi th-Wes corner cf the Island, to Ali where the tombs are
some 6 or 7 miles out^to Sakhair ne^r Jebel Bukhan in the
centre of the Island about 18 miles out from Manama, not to
mention similar roads on the outskirts of the Town.
During my recent visit to Manama Shaikh Hamad asked our
party out to lunch at Sakhair, wherelhe has a house, and
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we went a little way beyond about 20 miles altogether.
Vhen I was at Bahrain 1 well remember going to Ain ul Ghufi/f"
with Admiral glades Oil Committee: in those daysit was
quite an undertaking being two days (or to be more
exact l-J- days) march on donkeys; now it is quite easy to
go out and back in a day bjp car. The leading Shaikhs
all have houses in the neighbourhood of Sakhair and Jebel
Bu.khan a which they stay in the Spring and Summer and