'File E5. Murder of Sheikh Selman bin Diaij and 25 others on the 3rd December 1900 at Deraya by the Behaih' [‎109r] (217/252)

for Bajfirein# At the present* hovrever$ tlio CSxiof# apart
from Ms uniTillliignosa to adopt t^xia line of 9xroion # would
probably find it iinpoasible to eiri'orof. sucli a prohlMtioh
v/ithoTit onr Msistance^as his penuanent anied followers arc
so few in nurriber. Before leaving thia subject I xaentio^t
as inst^aioe of Sheikh that a few v/eeks
aco v?hen the KEdSHaalcaa of Katif was ^©arohii^g for all the
i^erabers of the A1 Iraliaiaiaad Sheiiih^ f^dl^* wit& a viow to
putting pressure upon then to deliver Ahaed bin Selmtm,the
son of one of the arrastod aen and a cousin by mrriag© of
the pirate leader fled to Bahrein for safety and reid^-ined
hero openly for a few d^s f thoW;;h he had disappuared again
before I heard of his visit# This xoan Kamd bin Taaui#
apparently has contrived to ingratiate hixuself with the
Chi of and is always given a welcorae 'to these Islands#
11 • To revert to the question of the Behaih bloods
feudal believe that ordinarily the ^ii^lest xaetliod of re
pressing such an affair is to extort a heavy guarantee or
a nunber of hostac^-s fron bo'Ui partiea for the future min-
tenanoe of the peaoe# In the oaae of Bahrain maah a course
is not necessary# as there is no likelihood of any of the
Behoih visiting Sheikh Slaa 1 » territories Miile the feud
l.asts# I would reoo c ...r. I # liovrever f tliat the Turkish Govemnent
be requested to take sorae auch action in regard to the
Behaih and that if they declare their inability to do 30
.^nd aIi»o mkm ary delay in paying- the oojapcnsa/tion^tixey
%
s'nouia be tpld that in tJio olZHsuostaaoea doclino acs'
longer to rococnize tho euberdlaatlffla of the iAhaliaran
tribtia to tiu. Eaaa CJovuiTOoent*Rmi th»,t we will tak# our
ovm iaeaaxiros for doaling vdth thaa ilireot, I believe that
by an effective blockade of the l^thaharaa and Katar Coasts
for oOiae ijontlis,so a» to prevent all Bedouin cabling to
Bahrein or ^oin^ to the pearl-b > jx!cs we could cause a very
heavy pecuniary loas 'bo the tribes and would probably re
duce- them to a nore genuine subndssion thf\n has ever been
done before#