'File 12/2 Treatment of Baharna in Persia' [‎145r] (289/440)

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and I do not nysalf sae tht Porsian CJov«rnm«nt giving
battar traatmant to Bahrainla In Poraia maraly bacauaa
tha Bahrain Govemaant for cad Persians In Bahrain to
abandon the Pahlavl cap. Moreover (a) suffers under the
following disadvantage. No government In tha world, as
far as I know, forbids foreigners wearing what clothes
and head-dress they fancy, sfhat the Persian Government,
for Instance, does in Persia Is to order Persian subjects
to wear a certain sort of cap. For the Shaikh of
Bahrain to be in a plausible position to legislate on
the subject of the head-dress of Bahraini Persians, such ^
individuals would have to be considered Bahraini subjects,
and put under the Jurisdiction of the Shaikh, but this is
what Prior, in paragraph 2 of his note, is strongly
against. ^
5. with regard to (b), I am not of opinion
that the Bahrain Govammant would hava a good cast in taking
the drastic step of closing the Persian schools* What they
eoula do ( and have for some time been considering), not as
a measure of retaliation but as one of administrative
convenience, and for various political reasons, would be to
put such schools under the control of their Department cf
education* At present the Persian schools are under no
such control* I have discussed the matter with Loch
and will address you separately on the subject in due course*
b. with regard to a proposal of Biscoe that we should
.. ith-^raw the Capitulations from the Bahraini Persians and
subject them to the local Courts, which Prior mentions in
paragraph 2 of his Note, but of which he was not in favour*
I do not think this idea is impracticable for the reason
that Prior givest that most Persians in Bahrain speak only
Persian and could not be subjected to Courts whose officers
speak nothing but Arabic, All over the world foreigners ar
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