'ملف رقم 19/163 I (C 33) العلاقات بين ابن سعود وشيخ البحرين' أنشطة المبعوث النجدي في البحرين' [و‎‎٨‎١] (٤١٢/١٦٧)

(2)
Hamad.
However desirous the petitioners may "be, to
reverse tVieir emigration of 25 3re rs ago "by returning
to ti,a rule or ohe now refor ed Govern lent of* 3 ^ in.
thejr find themselves checked "by the Najdian G-overnors,
who do not desire to lose the industrious Baharanah
traders and cultivators who add to the wealth of the
territories und ?r their ch r^e^
I am given to underst nd that the procedure
adopted is to tell the petitioners that they hnve
full lihertj 7 " to go to Bahrain, "but that t! ey m? y ni}t
take their Vvomen with them. Pressure also "brought to
hear through the property in Qatif which the petition
-ers possess.
The ruler of Bahrain is precluded hy treaty with
H.r.Government from having direct relation with a
foreign power such as the newly established state of
Hijaz and Najd, and so he has correctly re. erred the
petition for the orders of the Eon*ole the Political
Resident.
As the petitioners have heon so long
resident in ~>atif, and considering the circumstances
in which they originally emigr ted I do not consider
th; t they have any call on Shaikh Eaird's jrotection,
even though some of them have ex^t up a connection
with Bahrain either as traders or owners of property
"both in Bahrain and at Tarut or Cat if in ITaJd
territory.
^y enquiries. |how that no difference of
nationality is recognised between the subjects of the
various Shaikhs of the Gulf areao A man transferring
liis demicile from Duhai to Attl D, ahi l^or inst ace
would have no further claim on the Shaikh of Duhai.
I put a hypothetical c- se to Shaikh 3a•id hin
Kaktum of Duhai md he said that ti e most he \ ould do