"ملف 8/16 تقارير استخباراتية بشأن البحرين" [و‎‎٧‎٩] (٤٣٢/١٥٧)

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Highness bhaikh Sir Hamad bin 'Isa A1 Khalifah,
tha ?a}? r 0f Bahrsijl » left for A1 Khobar on
^Tsa 2 Ai h Tfh=i?? b h r ff 41 accom P a nied by Shaikh Mohammad bin
Thpr/L»f^ f + an r ^ her raeiIlbers of the A1 Khalifah family.
u„f r ? + a r e Indlan medical assistants from the State
Hospital with the party. Shaikh Hamad intends to soend two
nights at A1 Khobar before setting out for his camp‘at Raudha
™n 0 s;s\;;aS? DlMlb,, ar "’ strt>a i » >■<' *“* ^
h^tH O r. I ^ i + S v, Un ^ erst00d t 5 at Mohamma <i bin Abdullah bin Jiluwi.
at u ° f BaSa " na " atlf > "• t the “
c.o+ It is _ un ^ erst ? 0d that^MrHussain Yateem intends to
hv ft ?r^Po? 0 TT?n^ aCt0ry u ln + Bahrain, Soap is alre ^ d Y manufactured
y . laca l Hindu merchant and the new enterprise will undoubted
ly meet the urgent local demand for soap.
There is a great demand for scrap iron, pipes, old
machinery, motor accessories etc. in Iraq. Bahrain merchants
arq receiving numerous orders for such articles from Iraq and
it is reported that Yusuf Fakhroo recently shioped 50 motor
tyres and 18 inner tubes of British make to Basra.
, ^ D iv L T / he P rice ° y f Sold sovereigns has recently declined
from Ps 43/- to Ps 39/8. This ^ is stated to be due to the fact
a ^ Iran who used to be a big buyer of gold has now stopped
buying. Numerous telegrams are being received from Basra by
Bahrain merchants to the effect that the prices of gold sove-
reigns are declining and that there are no buyers.
(v) A nakhuda who recently arrived here from a sea
voyage reports that piracy is going on, chiefly in an area
extending from Ruus al Jibal to Khor Fakkan, and alon^ the
south coast of Iran. He declares that several boats have been
looted and that most of the pirates on the Arab side belong
to the Shihuh tribe. Two boats carrying dates from Basra
were recently attacked by Persian pirates near Chiru and 100
baskets of dates were looted. A Persian boat laden with fire
wood was also attacked and Fs 60/- stolen. The Persian pirates
a ^ e + ? ai 2 ^.hsve obtained their arms by purchase from members
oi the Iranian Amniyah Force who, owing to non-receipt of
their pay, were compelled to sell their weapons.
it 'j' 3 a great demanUfor chandals (rafters) and
murabba wood in Iraq. Large orders have been placed with
Bahrain merchants and one Iraqi merchant named Ishaq Mulla
(a Jew) who arrived here recently purchased not less than
100 score of "murabba" wood for export to Iraq and is trying
to buy more. ^ ^
(vii) Shaikh Mani' of Dubai has recently returned to Bahrain
st,a y i n > 9 atar : is understood that some Bedouin
oi the Beni Hajir tribe, employed as guards in the town by the
Shaikh of Qatar, attempted to shoot him while he was staying
m the house of Abdullah bin Darwish in Dohah. It is under
stood that one of their relatives was killed during the Dubai
troubles some 3 years ago.