'File 19/116 VII (C 21) Oppression of Bahrain subjects by the ruling family: miscellaneous correspondence' [‎24r] (49/250)

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Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
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To The Political xgant Bahrain.
Klamorandum
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On the th instant Jh^tixC Hafidh bin Waha^a applied to 13 : j ^ a::
dfldo _ se dQnt to hio i^rtifi;. te of I lentity Bahrain 1T0 1^ j 2 of .^nd
novaubar IJ2I) for return to i^hrain,and,a3 you. i-'.d J-. : jscribe im on
it aa coming h j ra for a 'viait 1 -iii lade it yail-« )13 ? or ayaar i ad
3.{f "or t 'i j voya 0 >j only,! uiiod lii ii t larH r/aa no o jjact. .m t > aia
i'a j iriin^ i T i li-i * i i o r ^ a i a ■ 11 •
I) l<ifo nr) 1/ 3.5 ,T 3arlora' f on 7th inst/out returned by the
>l Ahmadi n yesterday afternoon.
He states that on hi a arrival at Bahrain 3hai^ "J el man Din
Hamad Xl ^sa and Khan Bahadur Iluharmaad Sharif bonrdeA the vessel
and told hin that t:ie i^sai.: of Bahrain, did not wiah him to remain
in Bahrain,-vnd that you had agreed with him in tais decision, {e
accordingly transferred to the "Ahmedi",which was than in haroour,
and returna l to Kuwait without landing.
de has now come to ma as thai oppressed i3r±tish protected
) • rson, nd ka to a ! told "or ^.lat reason tais decision h.aa bean
ta.cen. iS is usual -ith this type ) * person,ha professes the most
profound love knd admiration 'or everything British.He says that there
was certainly no question of his not being allowed to return when he
laft Bahrain in Jovemoer, and, in support of his sta tenant, pro duces a
statement granting him leave of absence from ta^ school, ia Aaiat in
that he can thinic of absolutely no reason for ihHii 1 sa T s decision.
He hints that ;;ou pa-sonally have had your mind poisoned against him
'a y lyin? reports,which he fears you have believed, that ae a^s been
speaking against you regarding the case of a ?ersifen v ho dial a few
lays after having oeen up be tore you on the c ha rage of naviiig
stolen a ring.
I spOica to ohailc ^tfamad whan I received your telegram
under reference ,and ha appeared to £now all his history.! am strv
that he "ill not be willing to allow him to live in Kuwait,should
ha wish to do so,now that he has been refused permission to live ia
* ha is ca -tain to appeal for British protection i."
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