'الملف رقم 18/55 I (C 101) المرسوم الملكي البريطاني للبحرين' [و‎‎١‎١‎٠] (٤٧٧/٢٣٣)

parts of East Africa which are now under British protection.
In the circumstances freed slaves have many claims to British
protection here.
It is unnecessary to insert any clauses similar to
Articles 2 and 4 of the Muscat Treaty as no slave market
here
exists, and if there are any natives of Indian States here
they are treated exactly the same as any other British Indian.
5. In conclusion I beg to observe that the slave cases which
have arisen v -ere since T came have been in each case importa
tions by Foreigners e,g # by a Somali, by a Persian and by a
Koweiti; it seems to me that a treaty with the Shaikh of
Bahrein would not help my jurisdiction in such cases as
these,unless the Political Agent here could be authorised to
hold a*East African Court under the Persian Convention as well.
Possibly however when once the Political Agent's Court is made
an East African Court it can deal with all kinds of Slave Trade
cases under all Treaties and Conventions: if this so,of course
that settles the matter, other-^'.'ise there seems to me some
difficulty. It would not be advisable to insert the words
" or foreigners under Bahrein jurisdiction'after ^Bahrein
subjects' in clause (5) as we have ourselves assumed jurisdic
tion over foreigners,and the inclusion of such words would at
once lead the Shaikh to imagine that he still had jurisdiction
over them. Possibly after the Shaikh has made a treaty / a
notification could be issued enforcing its terms on Foreigners
resident in Bahrein, but I have not sufficient knowledge of the
legal aspects of the matter to offer a useful opinion.
6. I have forwarded with the draft Treaty,a draft Arabic trans
lation and I hope that you will be good enough to check it, and
if the final copy of the treaty is altered,have the Arabic trans
lation altered accordingly; I have asked this as my knowledge of
Arabic is too slight to enable me to check a translation of this
sort properly.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most Dbddient servant.
ajor.
^ .oliticzl Agent,Bahrein.