ملف 19/116 VII (C 21) استبداد الأسرة الحاكمة ضد الرعايا البحرينيين: مراسلات مختلفة" [و‎‎٦‎٩] (٢٥٠/١٣٩)

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Tha Ag«ncy,
Bahrain.
lUSHIRt flhSIOENCY
Persian GrUlf r~
4/10/23
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From .She Political Agent .Bahrain.
To. The Hon T ble the Political Hesfident, Bushire •
I have the honour to report on the activities of Khan sahib
Yusuf bin Ahmad iCanoe C.I.fl. M.B.ifi. K.I.H.
It was hoped that the presentation of the C*1 .3. would have
removed the constant complaint of Yusuf Kanoo that his past
services had been insufficiently rewarded f A^kept him a loyal
supporter of the policy of H . m . G . with regard to local affairs.
I fear however that this is not the case.l have recently been
looking up his file / <5; I attach hereto,a copy of notes made by
various Political gents.which it may be sQ well AJwti^be on
record in the Residency files.
You will recollect his absurd attitude on the
•ccassion of your visit hero / & tho fact that he took umbrage
at not having been consulted in regard to affairs.since then/
he has been persis^tently oppossed to everything which Shaik
Mamad or the Agency ha^o done.He undoubtedly advised Shaik
iJiasa not to accept the allowance made to him,but to demand
Rs JO,000 per mensem. In the Dowasir case,he tried to stir
up the sunnis as much as possible,though he declined to come
to the Agoncy when requested,to intercede for Shaik Ahmad A1
Do sari, knowing that he would gEtoanr achieve no result.
He never comes to the Agerncy to visit the P.A. & has given
out that he has retired froii Politics and overywhore implies
that it is because he cannot agree with tho Governments policy
in Bahrain as regards A1 Khalifeh.He omits to say that this
policy no longer offers him the opportunities for intrigue
which he previously enjoyed. Having failed in sevewl attempts
to stir up tho 3unni tribes,mainly because he will not openly