'ملف رقم 19/109 V (C 32) العلاقات البحرينية مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [ظ‎‎٦‎٧] (٥٤٧/١٤٤)

Translation of a petition dated the ^9th Septemoer idZd
from Haji Hamid Banreini at Basraii to h. B, k's Vice-Consul
I^oha^me rari.
I "beg to inform you that I was summoned "by the Persian
Consul at Basrah on the 25rd September 1929 and asked whether
I am a Mohammedan and a 8hia end whether I pray, tfhen I replies
in the affirmative he told me that he did not think so. He
added that if I were a Mohammedan I would not consent to be a
British subject but on the contrary prefer to be under the
protection of^onammedan Government. He exuorted me to follow
the example of the people of G-ata and SalMyeh ^ho cein^
Mohammedan inspite of great loss and pressure from the 'Iraq
Government preferred to come under the protection of tne
Persian Government, He stated that Bahreinis are residing in
Persia and claim that they are Mohammeaans but tiiat they are
under the protection of a Kafar Government which is against
Mohammedans. The Persians are therefore hard on the ^ahreinis
and deporting from Persia so that they may change ti.eir
nationality and become Persian subjects. This is done in order
that the hfiiyrl ri Government may not claim that Bahrein belongs
to them. After that he asked me whether I know why I was
deported from Mohammerah, I replied that I haa not committed
any offence which merited deportation. ^He stated that the Hals-
YIASKAAJ
i-Nazmiyeh of Mohanmerah had iwfothat 1 was helping the
British Government ano that on the 4th September 19^9 when the
British Consul was riding past a coffee shop I saluted nim
the presence of the crcv-JLin the coffee shop. This the Persian
Consul said constituted a big crime against the Persian Govern
ment. He then asked me what I intended 'vO ao and told me that
if I wish to return to Mohammerah I should peition to him
stating that I am a Bahrein!, that Bahrein belongs to tne
Persian Government,that I am a Persian subject and that I shoul
ask for a Persian passport to return to Mohammerah. Then he said
he would give me a Persian Passport with a letter to the
Governor General.
Sd/-HAJI HAMID.