ملف 19/116 VII (C 21) استبداد الأسرة الحاكمة ضد الرعايا البحرينيين: مراسلات مختلفة" [و‎‎٩‎٤] (٢٥٠/١٩١)

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Telegram P,
Prom Resident, Bushire.
To Colonial Office.
No.1159.
t)ated 16th December 1923.
PRIORITY.
Mullah Hafiz, the second member of Bin Saud's
delegation, is an Egyptian journalist notorious as a
blackmailer ana anti-British igitator and propagandist
who has maden the Gulf his base of operations for the
last three or four years. He became master of a school
at Bahrain in 1921 and in this capacity became Sheikh
Abdullah's right hand man, egging him on to intrigue
against his bro .her the present regent, and communicat-
-ing anti-British and anli-Hamad articles to the
Egyptian press, particularly to A1 Akhbar, of which
paper he is the recognised agent in the Gulf, At the
end of 1921 some correspondence passed between the
Political .gent and myself regarding the feasibility of
transferring him to some other field of activity^ he
got wind of this and left hastily for Kuwait. On return
-ing in 1922, he was not allowed to land at Bahrain at
the special reques of Sheikh Isa. Since then he has
made iuwait his headquarters, writing anti-Briiish
articles denouncing the A .P .O.C. etc. About August or
September he applied to be allowed to return to Bahrain,
ostensibly to collect debts; this was allowed on conditi
-ion thut he did not mix up in politics. He abused this
concecsion and the Political Agent was contemplating
indicating to him the advisability of quitting \he
island, when he suddenly left for Q.atar, to agitate
there in favour of Sheikh Isa. Receiving no encourage-
-men'. he left for Riyadh about November to try Bim Saud.
From all sources, including Sheikh Hamad, I hear that
"frit-
this is his,visit to Riyadh.