"دليل الخليج. مجلد I. القسم التاريخي. الأجزاء Iأ و Iب. ج.ج. لوريمر ١٩١٥" [‎٩‎٤‎١] (١٧٨٢/١٠٩٦)

-
$21
941
case and had returned; that Rs. 2,000 should be paid as compensation to the
Persians through the British Political A gent; that a special guard of the
Shaikh^ own men should be stationed for the protection of the Manamah
bazaar ; that ' Ali should leave Bahrain and not be permitted to return
for five years; and, finally, that the system of Sukhrah or forced labour,
in so far as the employes of foreigners were concerned, should be prohibited
by public notification. The Shaikh was warned, in the memorandum
delivered to him, that further rejection of advice in important matters
would not be tolerated by the British Government, and that their sup
port might be withdrawn, and might even take another direction, if
his attitude continued unfriendly. Lastly it was explained to him in the
watt,; same document that the fulfilment of the terms concerning 'Ali and the
vie?. other offenders involved * their surrender at the British Agency, whence
they would be removed in a British man-of-war for conveyance to places
of detention abroad. In the course of the day Shaikh ^Isa intimated
that 'Ali was likely to abscond and asked assistance for the purpose of
capturing him at his house. The required aid was immediately given,
but 'Ali was not found ; he had already fled. Shaikh 'Isa vehemently
denied having connived at 'Ali^s escapehe promised to have the
islands scoured in pursuit of him during the ensuing night; and he
agreed in the meantime to send his own son Hamad on board the
" Sphinx " as a hostage.
The next morning: at 8-30 a.m ., half-an-hour before the expiry of Submission
£ il Q1 * « 1
the period of grace. Shaikh 'Isa arrived at the British Agency accom- ^
panied bv his sons Hamad and 'Abdullah. He brought with him the demand
26th FGDrii"
compensation money and the notification in regard to Sukhrah, and he ary 1905.
announced that the bazaar guard were ready for inspection ; but 'Ali and
the ten men whose surrender was required were not produced, and it was
stated that they could not be found. The Shaikh, however, who still
continued to assert his own good faith, assisted in the attachment of his
nephew's house and moveable property, including two boats which
were burnt; and on the 28th of February, when Shaikh 'Isa finally
intimated that 'Ali and the others whose surrender was required had
absconded to the main land and were beyond his reach, Major Cox decided,
on the Shaikh undertaking to offer large rewards for their arrest, that
further proceedings were unnecessary. It had been suggested by the
.an'
idaloi?
* Major Cox considered that the appearALce of the offenders in person was indispens
able, in order that their descriptions and marks of identification might be recorded for
future use ; and further, that unless they were removed from Bahrain under British
supervision, there would ba no guarantee for the order of expulsion being carried out.