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A%\ Dated, December 1, 1937.
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From
C. Dalrymplo Belgravo, Inquire, C.B.IS.,
Advisor to tho Government of Bahrain,
Bahrain,
Persian Gulf.

To
His Britannic Majesty's Political ngent,
Bahrain.

Sin,

I have the honour to refer to the corres­
pondence regarding tho Shia Shera Court ending
Ir- with your No. 312-G/6-V.0. dated 19th September
1937.
2. The present position is most unsatis­
factory. .The Shera Court, which consists of
three Qadis, is incompetent, not impartial and
completely under the influence of various poli­

tical parties who play one ^adi off-against the
other. There are no suitable '‘Alims" in
Bahrain who could be appointed in place of the
present Qadis.
3. The Bahrain Government decided some
time ago that a senior Shia Qadi or Mufti should
be appointed to preside over the Shera Court.
Efforts were made to find a suitable person in
Hassa but owing to the notoriously quarrelsome
reputation of the Shias in Bahrain none of the
Shia Ulemas from the mainland would take employ-

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