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while the Sunni Nakhudas, to which class Abdul Wahab Zayani belongs, escaped
all taxation. The tax was introduced by the Shaikh after consultation'with me
and the approval of the Hon'ble the Kesident.
Boats have been numbered with a distinguishing letter (B) to denote Bahrain
and the registered number. This is in accordance with the system existing all over
the Gulf. ^o numbers have been 'changed' such boats as were numbered
previously bore ordinary numerals, but the majority did not register although
registration has theoretically been jn force for some years.
(3) No member of the ruling family has been deterred from travelling. A great
many of them gravel from time to time. As a matter of form they generally ask
Shaikh Hamad's permission before going,
(4) Some time ago Shaikh Abdulla bin Isa told Shaikh Hamad that he would
like to make it known that he now supported his rule. Shaikh Hamad suggested
to him that as he had been instrumental in starting a press campaign against him in
the past, he might write a letter to the press stating what his views now are. He
iote a short letter to some Arabic papers—I do not know whether it has appeared
in the press or not. Doubtless it is to this that the writer The lowest of the four classes into which East India Company civil servants were divided. A Writer’s duties originally consisted mostly of copying documents and book-keeping. refers. Probably the
information was supplied to him by Shaikh Abdulla's son, Mahomed, who has always
been a supporter of Abdul \\ ahab. Some months back, at the suggestion of the
Kesident, this young man was fined by Shaikh Hamad for intriguing.
The " Bombay Chronicle " apparently readily lends itself to this sort of article.
Hie tone oi a letter about education at Aden which appears on the same page is
\ ci} similar. 1 am informed that about two years ago some action was taken by
the Government of Bombay From c. 1668-1858, the East India Company’s administration in the city of Bombay [Mumbai] and western India. From 1858-1947, a subdivision of the British Raj. It was responsible for British relations with the Gulf and Red Sea regions. against the Editor for permitting seditious articles to
appear.
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