'ملف رقم 19/163 I (C 33) العلاقات بين ابن سعود وشيخ البحرين' أنشطة المبعوث النجدي في البحرين' [و‎‎٣] (٤١٢/١١)

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The Agency,
Confidential ^ahrain , ars-in yj. -»
sf/o. 22/4/230
The Hon T blQ the Politic:- ! Resident in t ie ?e raicixi xUlf
Buahire•
l-«Lioranciusa
I ba^ to report for your information, "etails of a roo.iut
occur renca. On April 20th,a fight tooi pla«e in the bazaar an
u najii & a Persian .Both stere of th j cooly class. 411 Taj Ixs m
"the Bazaar, collected, amed rith sticks ft r^ssiles, & injured the Persian
and Hnoth.'-r who cuuo to his assistance .They also beat the Police who
endeavourea to arrest the ringleaders. The fracas ocurraa just outside
the Office of Ahdalia ■'.osaibl.tha Fajd Agent hare,v ho however saw fit
to bolt his door & i-sfce no effort to control the ; ajuis. Suoseiaantly
j IChan Bahadur raha.miad ".harif.who is in charge of the "unicipaj-ity ,
arrived on the scene rith ; ore police & aucceaded in arresting four
only, of the large crowd of Hajdis aaseiabled. I referred t.» case
to the ••adhi to ta ;e evidenc ' "• report. The latter took oertaia
avilanoa ' requested that the case aight oe postponeu till i.oe •. ic fi.it.
.of tte assaalt had sufficiently recovered to give eviaoneo.He fc-so
reco; .-..ended that the accused be released ..eanwhlie,provided a-suitable
t nafil' was forthcoming.having ascertained fro., the doctor tr t
the condition of the injured ;an,one of v hom Mas st ,iret .op^±L,nd
to be dangerously ill. .. such that t^ra WW no likelihood of
vary serious results.I released the j ceased after taking a written
'Kifaleh' "ro.i Abdulla "os-.ibi. Shortly after this -o^ibi v roto
aa a letter accusing K.B. Ttuhan-^ Jharif of having brought police &
beaten Kajdisl.aclafin a high-handaa u nnar.He added that the
affair was of no iuportance & that had he been present he would have
intarvaned ft stopped it at once,instep of using force as K.Sharif
had dona. Xatsr he caaa to sea me « tnon dai. ; - - ^ shut
hiusalf in his office as » he thought the affiir./as not one in _
which he need intarfare- I si.id his action - as not consistent ,1: ■
what ha had written ft I thought that it was a pity ^ o 1... ijad iiot
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