"ملف 8/9 التقرير السنوي لحكومة البحرين لسنة ١٣٥٠ هجرية" [و‎‎٨‎٧] (٢٠٦/١٧٨)

General.
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and was sold as part of his assets. The ground has
been reclaimed and a very handsome new bank has been
built which is to be completed early in 1351. The
Contractors are the same firm who built the Port Trust
building and the Eastern Bank in Basrah. The building
of the new bank has encouraged several local persons
to build shops on the opposite side of the Sea Road
which strengthens the tendency for the bazaar to expand
towards the north west of the town.
The Pilgrimage . An exceptionally small number of
people from Bahrain attended the 1350 pilgrimage but
they included Shaikh Mohamed bin Isa and two sons of
H. E. Shaikh Eamad, Shaikhs Mubarak and Abdulla who
travelled to Jeddah by sea and returned across Arabia
to Bahrain by the land route.
Naval Survey . H. M. S. n 0rmonde Tf , R.N.Survey boat,
spent over two months in Bahrain doing a survey of the
harbour snd surroundings. She sailed shortly before the
end of the year. Very small interest v/as taken in the
matter by the local population.
Shaikh Khalaf . At the end of 134-9, Shaikh Khalaf
A1 As fur the ex-Shia Kadi of Bahrain, who had retired
to Iraq., was inadvertently issued with a permit by the
Iraq authorities and allowed to return to Bahrain.
Having arrived he was given permission to remain for :
three months in order to settle his affairs in Bahrain,
on condition that he remained in Manama. During the
Summer of 1350 this order was unofficially cancelled,
Shaikh Khalaf was allowed to visit any place in Bahrain
and all question of his returning to Iraq was dropped.
Shaikh Khalaf had been twice dismissed from his position
of Kadi owing to his nefarious practices, during the time