مجموعة ٣٠/١١٤ "تقارير إجراءات السُفُن البريطانية." [و‎‎٥‎٨‎٤] (١٢٠٣/١١٦٧)

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visit to the Trucial Coast, the Shaikh of Debai asked
that, in the event of further trouble with his cousins,
that a British Political Officer might attend a majlis
at Debai. Should he then decide that the cousins were
to blame, the Shaikh asked that approval should be
given for the offenders to be exiled.
22. The Commander-in-Chief forwarded this
request to the Honourable the Political Resident, in
the latter’s view, as the Shaikh is recognised by His
Majesty’s Government, the cousins in trying to rebel
against him, put themselves in the wrong. The Honourable
the Political Resident thinks that if the above request
was granted, we should become involved in the internal
affairs of Lebai, which would be, in his opinion, most
undesirable.
23. In making the request, it seems that the
Shaikh was preparing for further trouble which he appears
to think may break out again in the future.
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BAHRAI N , .
^ 25. Hospital Amiexe . Thanks to the generosity
of the Bahrain Petroleum Company, a bungalow has been
built recently and given to the Arabian Mission (American)
for patients from the British and American communities
of Bahrain.
26.
rv
r’s Accession . H.E.Shaikh
K.C.I.E., C.S.I., celebrated
Sir Hamad Bin Isa A 1
the second anniversary of his'accession’between’l9th-21st
January. These dated coincided with the Commander-in-
Chief’s visit to Bahrain.
_ ,, 27. Experiments in Cultivation. During 1934 an
Indian merchant put a small plot of land under tobacco.
The results were so successful that a larger area is being
tried this year.
28. The Shaikh has also experimented in growing
oranges with great success. Now that the pead season is
so poor each year, it is encouragirigto see endeavour
being made to find other sources of revenue.
29. Visit of French sloop. BOUGAINVILLE visited
Bahrain between 14th and 16th February. The usual calls
were exchanged and a party of officers were taken out to
visit the oil fields.
30. The French sailors are reported to have much
diverted the populace by their demands for "Drrink l
Women !" They were told that the former was prohibited.
31. Sunni- Shi’ah Agitation . The old-standing
ill-feeling between these two sections became acute
early in February, but the agitators have been warned
by both the Shaikh and Political Agent that they will be
held responsible for any breach of peace and the trouble
has subsided.