File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT' [‎58r] (126/266)

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To
The Horuiuruile the * oliUcaX ^©Ident
i. the itreian Guii t
G«u^|-> f Bahrain*
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A copy of letter from tht Direct or of ,,ttct<asc t Bahrein*
ie enclosed*
2 * 2 haire •n^olrci from Haji TufcUf Fakhroo wlr o sa v y& that
dhowt proceeding to and from India and other place a ©at aide the
ieraian Gulf coasctiiW® at-:p at place © on the ler ^lan Coaot to
take water etc., and they are liable t© b« attacked ty handa of
robbers who come off in small boats* he cays that these tnen come
from the Down tains behind and are sumed*
3* The places where dhows are aaenetoiaed to put in at are
dhiru, Jharak, > v aift f das labaM, Kangbn# eta*
4* He was not able to give any instance of a dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. having
been attacked although he ©aid that such cases had occurred*
5# QX course there it nothing to prevent persons on dhows
carrying arms 4 rovidsd that they have been licenced by the
dtate tut they appear to want the bhaikh ol Bahrain to la sue
a regular order# ^
6* There is, of course, a good deal of Smuggling of tea,
etc*, into iersia and a ... ©alible f aplaaati ••>i- fa that the at
smugglers get into cr/pdliet with the jus tome authorities and
hope to make the present situation an exottee to carry arms
against them•
?# BO action seeaa called for unless it la definitely sub*
etantiated tb-at dhows axe being attacked* In the meaniirae
per hap e the • olitioal r*gent, Kuwait, might be related to
inform ut of what is being done at Kuwait and toe reaeoue therefor*
bd« . ,*G * Alban#
I oil ti cal Agent, Bahrain#
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