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numerous sons of the ex-Shaikh Muhammad-bin-Khalifah became dis
contented with their allowances and left Bahrain for Qatar; but, by the
good offices of the British Resident, a reconciliation was effected and
they were persuaded to return.
In 1882 Ahmad-bin-'Ali, brother of the. Shaikh, made the pilgrimage |gg2
to Makkah for the second time, and Bahrain was several times visited
by the British Political Kesident.
Internal quiet prevailed during' 1888 ; but some offences at sea were 1883.
committed, probably by inhabitants of Hasa, for Shaikh 'Isa, on a
visit which he paid to Bushehr in H. M. S. " Woodlark," asked permis
sion to take action against pirates on the mainland. The Resident in
reply pointed out the reasons which made it impossible to grant his
request. There was some discontent among the Sadah of Hadd, who
at one time threatened to emigrate to Tarut Island ; but in the end they
did not remove. Mubarak, a brother of the Shaikh of Kuwait, visited
Bahrain in this year and was honourably received.
In 1884 a general increase of wealth and prosperity in Bahrain, due 1884.
to several years of unbroken peace, became very apparent; and, while the
Na' im tribe remained well affected to the Bahrain Government, presents
were exchanged between Shaikhs' Isa and Jasim. A request from Nasir-
bin-Mubarak for the restoration of his confiscated date groves in Bahrain
was rejected by the Political Resident. A visit to Basrah was paid in
September by Ahmad, the Shaikhs brother.
Muhammad-bin-Sa'ud, Wahhabi, visited Bahrain in 1886 and after 1886.
receiving presents returned to the mainland ; and a little later a similar
visit was paid by ^Abdullah-bin-Sa^ud of the same family. Presents for
the Shaikh of Bahrain arrived from the Persian Governor of Lar, but they
were returned to the sender. The Na'im of Qatar continued friendly,
but their friendship was dearly purchased by the sacrifice of a large
portion of the public revenues of Bahrain, for which it did not appear
that any adequate quid pro quo was obtained from the tribe.
On the occasion of the jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Victoria in 1387.
1887, partly at the intercession of the Porte, the ex-Shaikh of Bahrain,
Muhammad -bin-Khalifah, was released from British surveillance at Aden
on condition of residing at Makkah or Madinah. It maybe added here
that in 1889 lie applied for leave to return to Bahrain, which was not
granted, or for an increase of his allowance, which was refused, partly
because he was in receipt of pecuniary assistance from the Turkish
Government, In 1890 he died at Makkah.
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