ملف ٢٢٩٧/ ١٩١٩ "تقارير شهرية للمقيمية البريطانية في الخليج الفارسي. ١٩١٢-١٩٢٠." [و‎‎٥‎١‎٣] (١٠٤٤/١٠٣٠)

1007. A German who is spoken of as Captain Bode passed Bahrain
travelling on the Arab ship Lawoe. He landed on the 7th October and
visited Messrs. Wonckhaus’ Agent and also Yusuf Kanoo, the Agent of the
Arab line. The latter informed the Political Agent that the German told him
that he would probably stay for a month or so in Kuwait and then proceed to
Turkish Arabia, and that he had Turkish Passports permitting him to travel in
any part of Turkish Arabia. Other accounts say that he has . come from
Karachi after travelling in Persia and Afghanistan (?) : that he intends pro
ceeding by land from Kuwait to Basrah and Baghdad and thence to Syria. . He
has with him a horse which has accompanied him on his travels and is said to
have been a source of expense to the extent of cc a thousand pounds.”
1008. On 2nd October Dr. Zwemer of the American Mission proceeded to
Ojair with the intention of visiting Hasa. The Mutasairif of the latter place
refused him permission to advance beyond Ojair on the grounds that the route
to Hasa was very unsafe and that he could not accept the responsibility of any
mishap befalling him. Dr. Zwemer returned on the 8th October.
1009 {a). It is said that the headmen of A1 Bu Ainain at Qasr-As^Sabaih
after their visit to Shaikh Mubarak went to see the Mutasarrif of Hasa in order
to inform him of what passed between themselves and the Shaikh and to obtain .
assurances from the Turkish Government in case Shaikh Mubarak proceeded to ^
take action against them. The Mutasarrif assured them that they might regard
themselves as under the effective protection of the Turkish Government. j
{b) It is further stated that the Mutasarrif of Hasa told the headmen of
A1 Bu Ainan that he would presently create a military post in their settlement.
He also promised to send a Turkish flagstaff to he erected there. Pinally he >'•
hoped to visit the place shortly. I
(b) It is said that the Mutasarrif of Hasa intends to proceed on a tour to
Ojair, Qasr-as Sabaih and Katr very soon. He could not set out earlier on
account of the presence of the cholera in Katif and Darin during the last two
months. The object of his tour, it is alleged, is to investigate and consider
political questions affecting the administration of the localities mentioned.
1010. The Cairo newspaper TJmran in its issue of 25th August 1911
has a long article on the recent visit of Shaikh Mubarak of Kuwait to Bahrain,
Many contradictory opinions as to the object of the visit are quoted. The
Basrah correspondent of the paper states that at was due to solicitude about
the affairs of Dehai in respect of the fact that the Arab Government of Debai
had recentlv offered resistance to the British. No one in Basrah, ^ however,
knows whether the object was to induce the Shaikh of Dehai to maintain the
peace with the British, or to give him support against them.
1011. One Muhammad Talat of Egypt arrived from Bombay. by
S.S. Palitana on 17th October. According to his own account he is a
Muslem missionary and has been travelling in Turkish Arabia, Persia and
India He distributes religious books gratis. He is putting up in Shai h
Musad’s house and intends to proceed to Basrah by the upward mail of 31st
October He states that he had trouble m Bombay, as the police suspected
him of having political designs and seized his books and papers.^ Dr. Zwemer
informed the Political Agent that the man is preaching the doctrine that Islam
should adopt Christian methods of commending itself to the world propaganda,
schools, etc.
Kuwait.
27th October to 23rd November.
1012 * Local Government .—At the initiative of Shaikh Nasir bin Shaikh
Mubarak'and the leading Kuwait Mullahs a proposal is on foot to start a
“ Madrassah ” in Kuwait. A subscription list has been opened, and so far, it is
reported, a total sum of Bs. 10,800 has been subscribed.