'ملف رقم 19/109 V (C 32) العلاقات البحرينية مع القوى الأجنبية الأخرى' [ظ‎‎٢‎٢‎٣] (٥٤٧/٤٥٤)

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them in Tarious derious mannerB to register as Persian
nationals. The Bahrainis for some time resisted these
efforts and the matter was ultimately referred to His
Majesty's Legation and was discussed "by Sir Robert Clive
with the Minister of Court. In this connection I would
invite a reference to Sir Robert Clive* s despatch llo.
476 of 18th September 1929 to His Majesty^ Principal
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, of which a eopy
was sent to the Grovernment of India. In that despatch
His Majesty's Minister reported that he had receired an
assurance from Teymourtache that, pending a solution of
the Bahrain question, the Bahrainis should be left in
peace. I regret to report that, whatever instructions
to this effect may hare been issued by the Persian
authorities at Tehran, the local authorities in Khuzistan
hare certainly not acted up to them. His Majesty's
/ice Consul at Mohammerah informed me itotot during the
winter of 1929-30^the Bahrainis were being subjected with
every kind of petty annoyances in Mohammerah that the
ingenious minds o^ uhe Persian police could devise and
that great pressure was being put upon them to adopt
Persian nationality.
When I went to Bahrain in December 1929, strong
representations were made to me by the local Shia* priests
regarding the treatment accorded to Bahrainis in
Mohammerah; and on each occasion that I hare visited
Mohammerah I have received deputations of Bahrainis
seeking my support against the Persian authorities.
4 » most flagrant case of ill-treatment of
Bahrainis at the hands of the Persians is that of one
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