"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٩‎٠‎٩] (١٧٨٢/١٠٦٤)

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ships- For the restoration of security on land Captain Durand, Assistant
Political Resident, was ordered to reside temporarily in Bahrain with an
escort of Indian infantry, and he remained there until April, by which time
the situation had greatly improved ; during his sojourn in the islands
he found time to study his surroundings and to write an interesting
descriptive report. From the 11th to the 18th of March 1879 Colonel
Ross, the Political Resident, was present in Bahrain, and interviews with
the Shaikh took place at which a number of subjects were discussed.
Shaikh 'Isa expressed a hope that the extradition of ; Ali-bin-Jabir might
be obtained from the Turks, by whom that ruffian had now been arrested
and sent to Hofuf ; he desired that the island of Zakhnunlyah, which had
become a resort of pirates, should either be kept uninhabited or be handed
over to himself for occupation, and that the British Government should
exact full reparation for the losses that had been inflicted on his subjects
bv pirates from the Turkish coast j and he referred to an intention on
his own part of chastising the Dawasir of Bahrain, whom he suspected of
treason and of collusion with the Bani Hajir. In regard to Zakhnumyah
he was merely informed by the Resident that his wishes would be made
known to the Turks, to whom the island belonged, and, with reference to the
punishment of the Dawasir, he was advised to act in such a manner as
not to cause disturbances in Bahrain ; but a demand for the surrender of
'Ali-bin-Jabir was made in accordance with his request on the Wall of
Basrah, and eventually, after some delay, was successful. On his aiii\al
in Bahrain 'Ali-bin-Jabir was duly executed. In October 1879 matters
had so far quieted down that Shaikh 'Isa was able to proceed on a
pilgrimage to Makkah, from which he did not return until the following
J anuary.
In December 1879 the Shaikh of Dohah was annoyed by a
migration of the A1 Bu Kuwarah tribe from that place to Fuwairat;
and, as the Shaikh of Bahrain was accused of instigating it, it became
necessary to remind Shaikh Ahmad-bin-'Ali, then temporaiily
governing the principality in his brother's absence, of the Biitish
prohibition of interference by the ruler of Bahrain in affairs on the
mainland.
In the summer of 1880 a rumour became current that Nasir-bin-
Mubarak, the outlaw, who was now the head of the A1 'Abdullah
branch of the ruling family of Bahrain, would attempt an invasion of
the islands. Nasir, it should be observed, had now married a daughter
of Jasim, Shaikh of Dohah in Qatar, who would gladly have been free of
the burden of supporting him and might have profited by his establishing
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