"ملف 19/116 VIII II (C 34) موضوعات مختلفة متعلقة بالبحرين" [و‎‎٥‎٧] (١٢٤/١١٥)

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Political Agency,
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Please refer to your D.0.No:109-S dated the 10th
March 1931.
The Qusaihis are said to be the descendents of a
"butcher and their native place is Riyadh the present capital
of Nejd. They consist of five brothers:
Abdul Aziz bin Hasan.
Abdul Rahman bin Hasan.
Abdulla bin Hasan.
Hasan bin Ibrahim.
Sa T ad bin Ibrahim.
All have the sarae mother but the first three are real
brothers and Hasan and Sa T ad (who lives at Ha^sa) are also
real brothers. When Hasan the father of the first three
died,his brother,Ibrahim,who was working as a camel driver
at Ha^sa married his widow and had these two sons by her.
All these brothers are partners,both in trade and property.
The first four come and go between Najd,Ha^sa and Bahrain,
but Abdul Rahman usually only comes here during the Pearling
season. Sa T ad always remains in Ha^sa. In the pearl trade
busi-ness . _ .
they are the/associates of Rosenthal Freres.
2, The Qusaibis are of a very humble family called as
? Biyasir T ,sometimes also called t Khadh4ris T who,according to
Arab custom can only marry people of low degree like them
selves,even if very rich.
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3. Abdul Aziz and Abdul Rahman al Qusaibi were working as
servants with one LIuqbil al Idan,a well known Ha;ssa merchant
owning property in Hajssa and Bahrain. Abdul Aziz is said to
have started life as his coffee-boy,finally becoming his
confidential clerk,and when loiqbil died it was found that he
had next to noikin^ property,it having mysteriously passed
into
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