Coll 30/9 'Persian Gulf: Administration Reports 1926-1938' [‎404v] (813/1028)

CHAPTER IX.
Administration Report of the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. for the year 1929.
Personnel. —Lieut.-Colonel C. C. J. Barrett, held charge of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. till
the 28th April, when Captain C. G. Prior took over. Khan Bahadur Savyid
Siddiq Hasan was India Assistant throughout the year.
Ruler of Bahrain and the Al-Khalifah Earn?!?/.—Shaikh Sir Isa has been
friendly in his attitude, and has not shown any disposition to question the pre
sent regime. His truculent wife, the ‘ Queen ’ Ayesha was absent on Haj for a
part of the year and is said to have been much gratified by the notice taken of
her there as a result of a letter of good offices given by Colonel Barrett.
Shaikh Hamad bin Isa, the Deputy Ruler has been on the best of terms with
the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. throughout the year. His distaste of work in any form is increasing
and it is becoming more and more difficult to get him to make a decision.
Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa has been of great assistance to the Bahrain Gov
ernment. He has more push and go than all the rest of his family put together
and since he exerting his influence more and more on the side of good Govern
ment, much is to be hoped of him in the future-
n- kS ! a ! k l M x uh ammad bin Isa returned from Lingah in January and was
obliged to 'part with his gold watch and other bribes to avoid taking out a Per
sian jawaz. Later he went to India for three months and spent most of the time
at Bombay. He was given a free trip to Rangoon by the B. I. S. N. Comnanv
which he much enjoyed As President of the Manama Municipal Committee he
is quite useless, more from mental incapacity than anything else.
Shaikh Salman bin Hamad has been doing steady and useful work as Joint
Magistrate and Judge of the Bahrain Court, He is hard working and sensible
and will make a useful Judge when he has more confidence.
Shaikh Rashid bin Muhammad, the father-in-law of Shaikh Hamad has be-
oHhe irKbabfl*? 6 V’t 01 and f d0i "* Wel1 Certain otZ members
the Al-Khalifah family have been employed in posts of lesser importance.
Bahrain State. —Captain Parke went on leave on the 21st Murrffi nnrl r-o
o^Commandanf of Potce?" ^ ^ ^ BeIgraVe duties
year, but in Muharram iWaf^ep^
Politf^tHAgenf reqn 5 ested 1 them 1 to A desistand , they 'did mamer - The
for th^^Snam^and t fate! ^
Khalaf’thf ex'sin'ahfadhi’l'now af Kertela* 0 The^tTtion 6 ret ”™ ° f
eventually subsided. * lie a ^ 1 ^ :atl0n was ignored and
ago to iorrn wZ m f e ComnfitwA th t e Bal >rain Government attempted three years
of the outcry raised" -r.iw- ti’,'- i * y‘ r ! ol ?, ll » l ; d to give up the idea on account
hasXnfexLuenfworP 6 Many ulfusne^hd f °^ on S “ Ma >’ ^ ;t
an income of some 50,000 rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. has ah-endy been secured dlSe0Vered ’ and
the trial Stata
between 3 and 8 years ago. an tamil y t( >r offences committed
men who*had'wu'ried'ou/many murderous^ttacks^on^ l heir ° n a W of
foreigners, they had been sentrcedTthe Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Conrt^n T?l Iages ’ and hem f t
scot free, Shaikh Hamad was pressed to deal w Hi them TV t 10U
aad h^-^and h^nit
the Court, and all three Al-khbkhVere found guiihk' Abda,lah was added to