'File 5/4 Abdul Aziz Qosaibi and Abdullah Qosaibi' [‎5r] (9/144)

Tho Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,
Confldontlal Bahrain .Parsain Salf.
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The Hon'ble the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian GrUlf
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Memorandum
I beg to report for your information, details of a recent
occurrence. On April 20th,a fight took plave in the Bazaar between
a Najdi & a JJersian.Both ¥?ere of the cooly class. All the Najdis in
the Bazaar collected armed with sticks & missiles & injured the Persian
and another who caEio to his assistance .They also beat the Police who
endeavoured to arrest the ringleaders. The fracas occurred just outside
the Office of Abdulla ^osaibi,the Najd Agent here,who however saw fit
to bolt his door 5b faake no effort to control the Ilajdis. Subsequently
Khan Bahadur Muhaaraad Sharif,who is in charge of the Municipality
arrived on the scene with fiiore police & succeeded in arresting four
only, of the largo crowd of Najdis asseiabled. I referred the case
to the Oadhi to taice evidence & report.The latter took certain
evidence ^ roquosted that the case sight be postponed till the victims
of thu assault had sufficiently recovered to give evidence.He also
recoiunended that the accused be rele sed Meanwhile ,provided a suitable
1 Kafil* was forthcoiiing.Having ascertained froia the doctor that
the condition of the injured nen.one of whom was at first reported
to be dangerously ill,was such that there was no likelihood of
very serious results,! released the accused after taking a written
'Kifaleh* fron Abdulla Qosaibi. Shortly after this Qosaibi wrote
me a letter accueing K.B. lluhaiasiad 3harif of having brought police &
of having
beaten Najdis & acted in a high-handed runner.He added that the
affair was of no iKiportance & that had he been present he would have
intervened & stopped it at onGe ,instod of using force as 11.Sharif
had done. Later he caiae to see me & then admitted that he had shut
himself in his office as ' he thought the aff4±T\ as not one in
which he need interfere* I said his action was not consistent vith
what he had written & I thought that it was a )ity that he had rot