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From issue No, 1692 of August 31st 1932* Itela~4t:
Persian Sovereignty in Bahrein. Serial No* 7*
The medium of change now used in market transactions in the
islands is composed of the coins of Kashan and Shiraz* The mosciues
and haths existing in the islands have all heen Built By the people
Of Shiraz and. not the people of B&hrein^or AthooB* The mosques
are now in use But the Baths are in imin* The AthooBi triBes
conquered Bahrein in the year 1197; they used to send offerings as
tribute money to Persia during the reign of the late Shah Agha
Muhammad Khan* In some instances the emissary in charge of these
offerings was Abdullah Ben J abar* Till the Beginning of the reign
of the late Shan* Fath All Shah, and up to the year A.H* 1213,
they used to send every year fear Is, fine Arab horses, rose water
holders inset with pearls etcetera, and these offerings have Been
discontinued since the above-mentioned date. The Government sent
orders to the late Hussein All Mirza (Firman Firma) requiring him
to go and conquer Bahrein. He deputed the late Sadegh Khan Agha
the son of Reza Kuli Khan ^ajar as the commander of the troops
for this campaign. He fulfilled his commission, occupied Bahrein
and stayed there for some while. His men Being insufficient and
he himself Being very imprudent, the Arabs made a sudden assault
and the Sardar Barely saved his own life and those of his men By
escaping. Sometime after, in 1239 or the year Before ©r after that
date many times orders were issued to the late B 4 irman Farms for
the occupation of Bahrein. He went there with a large army and
retinue from Shiraz and entered Vebr ( s'* ) near the Port
Kangan f j JP ) which is a dependency f presumably of Fare Province
translator
o He called for small Boats and sea-going ships froii
the governors of the Fare Ports* Among others# Bheikh Abdul Jalil
took some Boats and ships that were his own personal property and
set out for Vebr to see the old Firman Firms* Me encountered a very
violent storm which well-nigh^ ship-wrecked the party. He succeeded
in the end in saving the ships and arrive^at VeBr but when the old
Firman Firma heard of the dangers of sea-faring he gave up his
errand