File 13/3 'SLAVERY & SLAVE RUNNING: MIRZA BIN BARKAT' [‎59r] (128/266)

Copy of' memorandum lo* dated the 15 th
lovember i94x t rot? the Director of dug tors© &j.,d rort
Officer, Bahrain, to the i oXitlcal /*gent, Bahrain*
^ ^ «»IM* ««r
It hae feeen reported to lae hy Mr# Mtoed hi a Yueui Fahroo
of Mahara% that, in oonee^ueuae of the pcoition in Tehran,
much JUwle*ea«it«i hat ferohtu out in southern Persia, e«^« in
lari e tan, ana r artiuu iuriy in the rereiaii Makraa*
Bative craft carryin. imi orta and export* to and from
Baera, Kuwait and Karachi ana Bahrain proceed aXon* cloaeXy
to the ^«relan coaat| and often on account of weather, and
to obtain drinking water, put la at the various mmllet ,: erfeian
ports as far as Qhiru ax.4 Kalat, whence they rail across the
Gulf to th* Arabian side*
At these «paXl port© such craft are- visited by armed
local tribe*ia«n who loot valuablei: from the crew and
passenger*, and ite^l such f oditufft as are possible• The
port of ;him is becoming notorious for the sc practices
which, so far as I. understand, do not appear to occur upon
the high seas*
In view of this si tuition 1 am told that th* auler of
Kuuait, with the concurrence of H*B *W * ® a oliti al iigent
there, has ordered hie subject a whose traffic in deep water
craft is both numerous and extensive, to defend the«}*«lvt s
by carrying two rifles and a suitable quantity of amesunition
in each craft*
Mr* Ah$u«d Fakrcc asks that similar orders «ay }: e &iven
to Bain'ain craft ( of whom his family own a fair number }
for their own protection while pas a inn the F.akra,- and iereian
c Oa £ t r •
X would be gala if you would kindly sdviet me ae to the
suitable action to be taken in this position, as durin*, the
®Qmin & winter. It is possible tfjat the local food situation
will requires!, the services of local craft rather more than
pre viou rly, plea&e *