ملف ١٩٢٢/٥٢٢، جزء ٧ "البحرين: المطالبة الفارسية بالسيادة عليها؛ مفاوضات المعاهدة الفارسية ١٩٢٩-١٩٣٠" [و‎‎٢‎٩‎١] (١١٢٦/٥٨٦)

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Sheikh Earned* He is a&e& shout 59; he is a man
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of very strong physique, optimistic, modes, of simple manner
and credulous* ?*hile his father was still in power,
Major Daly induced Mm to go with him to London where he
was received in audience by King George and where he was
entertained brilliantly. Be was taken to the military
stores of the War Office and to various other British
institutions and he was filled with awe and admiration
of the great power of the British Government. On his
return to Bahrein intrigues were set up for the suppression
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of his father and his nomination to the sheikhdom. Sheikh
Earned was allowed a free hand when he was first brought
to power but he was soon won over by the British and
placed under their moral influence and he became thus a
puppet in the hands of the British agent.
Under the guise of adaptation to European life,
he was first encouraged to give up the pompous life of the
former Sheikh of Bahrein; he stopped the public enter
tainment usually given by the rulers to the subordinate
Shaikhs ana thelr/followers during vhieh several sheep
were consuiaed by day and night. He tnus lost all contact,
with the general public. H# vras then enoour.»ged to
band his ..rab troops and a garrison of OCO Indians was
quartered in Kaleh Sheikh nominally for his proteotion -
there is another contingent of 250 Indians in the British
Consulate. The garrison in Kaleh Sheikh is commanded by
Captain ParkeTwho is called the officer commanding the
Kaleh Sheikh troops. All the properties of the brothers
and cousins of Sheikh issa-al-Khallfeh were confiscated
for the Government and pensions ranging liora * ,
. nf them - Sheikh Issa
10,000 Rupees were given to each o*
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