"ملف 19/175 البحرين - تجارة اللؤلؤ" [و‎‎٣‎٢] (٨٣/٦٢)

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D.O.No.0.12,
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Political jigency/, Bahrejn,
Dated the 9th January 1927.
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There has "been no repetition the trouble with the
divers to which I referred in No.C-1 of last week.
The liuhaajraq raerhants were timid and shut up their
heuses and placed guards on them, eleven of them c ^-irie to me as
a Dexjutation on Monday saying that though they did not fear the
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divers the,y feared the Bilastis or unemp^yahles who they stated
were preparing to attack them that night. They asked for pro
tection. I got Parke to increase th© numbers of his police in
Muharraq and all was peace.
On Wednesday the Jews came rushing to my office 10 arm.
saying thty had shut their shops fearing attach and requested me
to do something. I went down to the bazaar and found all the
other shops open even those of Buniahs and everything as usual.
I told the Jews to open their shops and not be such fools.
It seems that some fellow had played a practical Joke
on them by galloping past on a donkey shouting "Shut your shops"
We persuaded Shaikh Hamad to come to .Luharra^ for 3 days
to talk matters over with all concerned and now things appear
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to be in a fdUbfc. way to settlement. It has been decided to
re-establish the Salifa Court about which Colonel Prideaux
was keen, but with 4 members instead of the one Kakhuda who
formerly had matters all his own way.
Shaikh Hamad has agreed to my proposal to have a working
diver dn the Court if we can find a suitable man. Belgravt
thiks he can.
Shaikhs Hamad and Abdullah have now gone off hawking again.
Bustards are very plentiful this year and I think Shaikh Hamad
considers it was a great concession to interrupt the most im
portant business in the worl^ by coming to Lluharraq to settle
m^re State affairs.
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