'ملف رقم 19/165 III (C 24) الإصلاحات في البحرين' [و‎‎١‎٩‎٦] (٤٢٦/٤٠٢)

information given by the Bahraini (which almost entirely agreed with
thit previously given by Shaik Hamad,which he had given both from
hie personal knowledge^ after verification from sources other than
the Bahraini ( ^yed Shubbar^who was interrogated in my presence.
As previously explained,some of the gardens are rented on a
cash basis & some for payments in kind-dates,firewood,lucerne etc.
and the aggregate values are as already reported.
In all probablity Shaik Sir Isa bin Ali has no personal
knowledge whatever of the gardens from which he derives an income.
It has always been his custom to hand over the management of such
aifairs to a head fidawi t ihe person generally now employed by him
being one Syed Hashim, Whether Shaik Isa ever gets the full benefit
of his income is a matter on which I should not care to speculate.
Moreover,in all probability Shaik Isa never actually receives
any cash,it being his custom to have all his redeipts paid over to
some nominee(for some years it has been Ali bin Abdulla-father of the
notorious Jasim A1 Chirawi) on whom he draws as occasion demands.
As regards the solicitors remarks on how a sum of money once
paid to Shaik Isa f s account could have been withdrawn without his
knowledge^ that as far as is known Shaik Isa had no knowledge of
any monies having been placed to his account,the facts are as follows-
As stated in your telegram No II8I of Nov.isth. the allowance
was for many months paid into a 'fund in the name of Shaik Isa* It
was not paid into Shaik Isa f s account,because he had no account at th<
Bank^and he resolutely declined to sign the necessary document to
open an account,and to operate on the funds at his disposal.
Thinking that he might be prejudiced aginst taking money from
the Bank,both Shaik Hamad & Shaik Abdulla begged him to intimate how,
or to whoin he would kike the money paid for his bentfit. He declared
that under no circumstances would he accept any money whatseover
from the State funds. So far from his having no knowledge of the
money being available,many members of his family ,over a period of
several months endeavored to overcome his intractibility ^
On one occasion,at the request of Shaik Hamad,I visited Shaik
Isa and endeavoured to him of the futility of imagining that
refusal to accept money fromxijc the State funds could in any way