'File 19/116 VII (C 21) Oppression of Bahrain subjects by the ruling family: miscellaneous correspondence' [‎26r] (53/250)

Th« Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain. ,
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The Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. Kuwait
Memo rand um Ref, your Memo. ITo II S of I4/I/22.
I havo forwarded your memo under reply to the Hon'ble the Political
Resident in the Persian aulf # who will doubtless write you direct as to
how he considers the individual referrred to should best be dealt with»
The circumstances have been already reported to the Resident,who has
approved the action taien here.
Mulla Hafidh f who is extrememly anti4 British,is in the
oay of ahaik Abdulla bin f Isa f the disaffected youngest son of the
Ruler. BJae latter employs him in intrigues and for writing scurrilous
articles in the Egyptian and Persian press,against his eldest brother,
who is heir-apparent,nnd incident^a ly,against the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. ,because for
various reasons which need not be gone into here,it has been our policy
of If^te to support the heir-apparent,whose position ahaik Abdulla ? as
pires to usurp.
Hafidh recently left Bahrain hurriedly, because he took
alarm vt the deportation f an associate,and lenew that his writings to
the press h^d become known, although he has been clever enough to do it
anonymously or through others.It was never expected in Bahrain that he
would return.Recently,however, vihaik Abdulla.decided to redouble his
efforts and sent for Hafidh,without the Ruler's knowledge.The latter
has recently become nervous of the results of his so^s intrigues and
fearing thrt Hafidh would be again emplyed by him for his Political
ends,wrote to ask me to forbid him to land.
ilafidh hfi s had no relations with this Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , except
that he once called and expressed the greatest admiration for the
British (»ovt . & my person. His interests in Bahrain pre solely based
on the financial assistance he receiires from ah.Abdulla. The school he
was in, is under the direct management of ahJ^.Abdulla .The individual ir
believe3 to have been a prisoner of war. His reasons for severeing his
relations with his native land are not reliably known, but it is ssid ho3
that he has stated thnt he was' imprisoned in agyptjand Is not afrfid of
prison. This nay be only local colour.
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