'ملف رقم 19/163 I (C 33) العلاقات بين ابن سعود وشيخ البحرين' أنشطة المبعوث النجدي في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٣‎٤] (٤١٢/٢٧٤)

No. C The Agency, Bahrain.
Confidential. I5th March 1930.
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Captain C.G.Prior, I.A.
To
Political 'gent, Bahrain.
The Hon f ble Lt.Col. H.V.Biscoe, I.A.
Political Resident, Persian Gulf.
1%
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to my despatch No. 10 C.
dated the 26th January 1930, and to submit a further report
on the state of the Bahama at Q,atif.
2. It will be remembered that some ^atifie had
taken refuge in Bahrain before the close of the year, and
that many of them claimed Bahrain nationality. To some 143
of them the Bahrain Government gave nationality papers, after
the closest investigation, and with the full authority of
Shaikh Hamad. When Bin Saud approached Q.atif His Excellen
cy became nervous and. told the Adviser that it would be bet
ter not to issue any more while the King was in the vicinity
and only four more were issued.
3. Shortly before Bin Saud embarked on the Pat
rick Stewart, news reached Bahrain that a number of those
who had returned to Q,atif with passes had been flogged and
their passes taken from them, and that three men had been
so brutal y beaten that they died. I did not take action
at the time,since apart from one man who told Mr Belgr^ve
that he had been at the floggings and had helped to bury onne
of the victims, there was no confirmation of the nev/s, and
the Shiah Q,adhi, who has many relatives on that side, did
not bring any further p though he had claimec he could
e' sily do so. Also, since we have no capitulations in Q,atif
our intervention would have achieved little,though I had con-