"ملف ٩/٦ د. ف. تشابلاني، الموظف السابق في البنك الشرقي، البحرين" [و‎‎٣‎٣] (١٢٠/٦٧)

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business there also was rather very dull and we could hardly
make the two end meet. Side hy side, I knew Major Holmes,
Consulting Engineer of The Eastern and General Dyndicate Ltd,
since 1925 i.e. from the very time I went to Bahrein in the
service of The Eastern Bank Limited, Bahrein, as Major Holmes
k’liaw my character and everything elsOf I approached him to
help me and he promised me some time in the end of April last
i.t-. *hen he was proceeding to London, that he would do some-*
thing for me on his return. This gentleman returned from
London in October last and I then had an occasion to meet him
at Basra and remind him of his promise and he again assured me
that he would do something for me when he visited Bahrein. Then
Major Holmes went to koweit and from there direct Bahrein and
I forwarded him my application to the Political Agent to he
kindly forwarded to him and arrange for the necessary NO
In fact I did not leave Basra on the
3lst October as originally contemplated by me, so on the 12 th
ultimo I wired him at Bahrein as under:-
KM. MAJOR HOLMES,
BAHREIN.
" tfHAT HAS BEEN DECIDED ABOUT MY COMING THE RE 11
INTEND PROCEEDING TO INDIA FOURTEENTH GIVE"
^ ASSISTANCE - CHABLANI. -
During the interval I left Basra and did not get any reply from
him and on the 16 th ultimo i.e. after my departure a cable was
received in Basra, which was forwarded to me by post Karachi
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reading as under:-
CHABLANI CARE LALWANI, BASRAH.
"TWELVETH WILL CABLE YOU WITHIN A WEEK’S TIME-HOLMES".
I was awaiting for a further information from Major Holmes and
it was only yesterday that I received a letter from his Assistan
(copy of which is enclosed herewith for your honour's perusal).
from this letter, your Honour will Bind that although Major
Holmes is still prepared to help me and the Adviser to the
Bahrein Covemment (C. Dalrymple Balgrave, Esq) has also no
objection to my going to Bahrein, yet H.B.M's Political Agent
does not wish my return to Bahrein. Although I have no right to
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