File 522/1922 Pt 7 'Bahrain: Persian claim to sovereignty; Persian Treaty negotations 1929-1930' [‎62r] (128/1126)

Ifasseri" arid states, sdth reference to the Persian rmys
defeat by the ifghan, Mir Vels, at Kandahar- {page 251 and
eabseonent pages, Voltuae 2 "Htmtaeaa-l-Hasseri”} that a
relative of Kterasd-ud-Bowleh lags!, by muse J.utf-Mi Khan
was deemed a uitabie person to send to Kandahar; but he
temperi. ed until a nee cane complaining that the imam 4f
Unseat had occupied Bahrein some yearn before and that he was
then extending his encroachments to Bunder Jbbas. i,utf-Ali
Khan toot: at once the opportunity of avoiding the Kandahar
commission by trying to go to Bahrein, which he thou.ijit less
dangerous to nis person, some people thought him unsuitable
for the work but in the end he set out for Bahrein. There
was no vessel however for the conveyance of troops and
provisions to Bahrein, and the Portuguese were approached with
a view to hirfhg some vessels fro® them, in the meantime
some 50,000 Ki&ilfc&ah Persian troops had re ashed .Bunder /Mas
and heeta quartered on the sea coast* fhe Portuguese Captain
wrought; the vessels and asked for the hire money which was
enormous* hutf-Ali Khan pondered the matter and came to the
conclusion that it was inadvisable to pay such a big sum to
the Portuguese Govemment and that Bahrein was after all not
worth the money and that if the same money was paid to the
of Muscat he would surely be ready to hand over Bahrein
to Persia. I’he Portuguese Captain, who was disappointed at
not receiving his money returned, with his vessels and the
Kisiloash troops returned after a time without having perform
ed their errand*
the writers oi the Khurmoji and hassert M F &r s-*niuach w
state in r&gmtl to the foregoing incident that sheikh Jabbareh
a Ho wish iirab, broke into rebellion as aoon as he realised
t*ie vanishing influence of the safavi rulers and called himself
the owner of Bahrein.
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