'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [ظ‎‎٦‎٢] (٤٢٦/١٣١)

to Your Honour and also the Political Agent, Bahrein. You were kind enough
to assure us and all our community of peace ana tranquility and completed
your kindness by your coming to Bahrein where we all expressed our thanks
to you and rest assured by the actions of the High (iovernment. But it did
not last long and on Tuesday night 1st Jamadi II, 1312 (=8-1-1924)), a party
of A1 Khalifah attacked the village of Sitrah, killed three men and wounded
two who are in danger. We informed the Political Agent and asked for a
Doctor to inspect the murdered and wounded men.
As the mail steamer was present and we were in hurry to bring this
incident to Your Honour's notice we despatched our petition to Your Honour
through our representatives.
In conclusion, we inform you that we are all in narrow circumstances
and in danger and have no shelter except God and the justice of the High
Government. We beg you to support us quickly. We hope to present a
petition to you in detail by post.
MOHSIN BEN ABDOLLAH BEN
EAJAB.
SAIYED MOHAMAD ALBALADI.
ABDOK EASUL BEN RAJAB.
ABDOL ALI BEN IIAJAB.
ABDUL ALI BEN RAJAB.
MEHDI BEN AHMAD BEN SAIE.
HOSAIN BEN MADHOOB.
MATROOK fEN MOHAMAD.
HAJI ALI BEN HASAN.
SAIY r ID MOHAMAD BEN
SAIYID HOSAIN.
From the Hon'ble Lieutenant-Colonel A. P. Trevor, C.S.I.
C .T .E., Political Resident, Persian Gulf, to the Baharnah
Community, Signatories to the two petitions dated 1st and 5th
Jamadi II, through their representatives Haji Mehdi bin Saif
and Mulla Hassan bin Sheikh, and any others of the Shiah
Community of Bahrein whom it may concern, dated Bushire the
16th January 1924.
After compliments.—I have received your short petition, dated 1st
Jamadi II and also your long petition, dated 5th idem, with several
hundred signatures. I was exceedingly sorry to hear from the Political A^ent
on 2nd Jamadi II (9th January) ofthis second outrage at Sitrah and imme
diately reported the whole case to the High Government by telegram, and
asked the Captain of a man-of-war to proceed to Bahrein, and ^I tried to
proceed there myself but was not able to do so as no ship was available at the
moment. I am now awaiting the orders of the High Government.
1 agree that the outrage is a very serious one and hope that it may be
possible for the Sheikh to apprenend and punish the offenders, and assure you
that any assistance I can give to His Excellency towards doing so will be
gladly accorded.
As I informed your representatives the tyrannies of generations cannot be
removed in a few weeks without extraordinary drastic remedies which it is not
feasible to apply. It is only step by step that gocd government can be intro
duced.