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No. 9 (a).
AGREEMENT WITH THE SHAIKH OE BAHRAIN EOR THE SUP
PRESSION OE TRADE IN ARMS.
TRANSLATION OE AGREEMENT BY THE SHAIKH OE BAHRAIN,
,2 DATED 8th ZIL HIJJAH 1315 (30th APRIL 1898).
l I . 1 agree to absolutely prohibit the importation of arms into Bahrain
i , territory or exportation therefrom, and, to enforce this, I have issued a
“ notification and proclamation to all concerned.
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No. 9 (&).
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H TRANSLATION OE PROCLAMATION EROM SHAIKH ISA BIN
ALI AL KHALIEAH, CHIEE OE BAHRAIN, DATED 8th ZIL
^ v HIJJAH 1315 (30th APRIL 1898).
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Be it known to all who see this that British and Persian vessels-of-war have
h , permission to search vessels carrying their and our flags in Bahrain territorial
waters, and to confiscate all arms and ammunition (weapons of war) in them,
if those arms and ammunition are intended for Indian or Persian Ports or the
Islands of Bahrain. Bahrain vessels, found in Indian and Persian waters by
British and Persian vessels-of-war, suspected to contain arms and ammunition,
for Indian and Persian ports and the islands of Bahrain, are liable to be
searched by the said vessels and all such arms and ammunition found in them
will be confiscated as property of the State.
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No. 9 (c).
TRANSLATION OE NOTIFICATION BY SHAIKH OE BAHRAIN
DATED 8th ZIL HIJJAH 1315 (30th APRIL 1898).
Be it known to all who see this that, whereas we have already forbidden
the sale of arms and ammunition to our subjects in the island of Bahrain by our
notification, dated 13th Safar 1331, January 1896, and whereas there is reason
to think that, notwithstanding our prohibition, many arms and much ammuni
tion are imported into Bahrain for the purpose of being exported therefrom to
British Indian and Persian ports, where such importation is prohibited, and
whereas we have resolved to do all that lies in our power to assist the British
and Persian Governments in putting a stop to this illegal traffic, we hereby
declare that from the date of this notification the importation of arms and
ammunition into the islands of Bahrain, and the exportation of the same
therefrom, is absolutely prohibited.
All arms and ammunition in future imported into the islands of Bahrain
or exported therefrom will be seized and confiscated as property of the State.
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