'File 5/4 Abdul Aziz Qosaibi and Abdullah Qosaibi' [‎12r] (23/144)

on "the mainland beo^use he h^s practically "the monopoly o tns
carrying trade between here at OJair and owns a number of boats*
The brothers Qosadbi.one of whom lives in Hassa.one here .and one in ^
Bombay,have come into prominence only since the subsidy has been
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paid to Bin Sand. They draw his subsidy and mange his money affairs,
and in the lest few years have acquired great influence in Na^d snd •
considerable wealth.Qosaibi now ranfcs only after Yttsuf Kanoo in
wealth,and is rapidly gaining on him.
There is little doubt that r ,B f Abdul Aziz Qob ibi aspires to
become recognised as Bin Sand's Consul here .It is reported to me
that lately the common ITaJdis here openly reifer to hi as uheii »
Consul. Pahad A1 Ba33am,a well fcnown Najdi,said to me recently
f Qosaibl f is above the law,he considers he is a consul 1 .
About a fortnight ago,the servant of a Jfa^d merchant
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called Abdulla iiawas.ran way from his master and is said to have
stolen some things.He went and slept in the Go-Down of Qosaibi.
Abdulla Hawaa followed him there & had an altercation, ciosaibi has
long been on bad terms with A.H. and seized the opportunity to up-
raid him.The following day they met in Yusuf iCanoo^ house and
cjosaibi behaved badly and tried several times to strike A.E. bat ' as
prevented .Meanwhile he had despatched his brother Hassan o v e
a3.1 the Najdi rottfhd to come and beat A.H. Mohoaad Sharif ana
intervened and stopped a fracas. Both parties then wanted to oome to
me to settle their dispute,bnt Y .r. persuaded them not to 4 In a
half hearted way tried to patch up a peace which neither o> rty
agreed to. yosalbl then wrote off to Bin Jlluwl.and caused the
latter to send some Fidawis and a letter to me asking me to ordex
A. Hawas at once to proceed to Hassa. This put me in an invidious
position.lt was believed here that when he got there he might be
unjustly treated owing to the influence of the Qosaibi ? s,and moreovei * .
to arrest a person.who In Bahrain Is under the protection of the ;
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,on a matter which occurred In Bahraln.at the ordor of Bin -
Jlluwl,would have heen tantamount to admitting that Bin Jlluwl was
a sort of appellate Court and could at any time Interfere In Bahrain
affairs. I tried to get over the dlf loulty hy patching up the