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Aoolatant Hoolclent during ray ahoonoo on tour, which $oaia
with tho hiatorioal aapoot of tho quootion.
Ao far baok aa 1871 tho Uovernraont of India inotruotod tho
Resident to TaAm* aShaikh of Bahrain from interfering with
mainland of Katr on aooount of tho doubtful churaotor of hi a
alleged righto and influence. - and this *aa ropoatod in 1870
Oulf
(p,908 Gazetteer of Persian/ and foot note).
In 1896 the Al bin All occupied Zubaruh and would actually
lnraded
haYo/iaxakxad Bahrain, if their fleet had not been doatroyed
by British Gun^boats (oee pages 91215-926 Oazett.eer of Persian
Gulf).
In the ciroumutanceo^we should continue to rofuae to
pay attention to Shaikh Iaa'a pretoneiona to Zubarah. I
doubt if Zubarah ia rauoh good aa a port, being vory shallow,
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but it in probably aa good (t-ro-. rather no- bad) aa Dohatfc"
and ojair, and I think the P°lltical Agont Bahrain io quite
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right in his view on to the probable effect of the creation
of a poift there on Bin 3aud and Shaikh Abdullah bin Jaaim,
In conclusion^I may add that I agroo with tho political
Agont in thinking that recont uttorancos by President Wilson

have had a bad effect on 3halkh Ioa and Shaikh Abdullah, as on
ao many other people all over tho world, Shaikh Abdullah's
recent visit to Europe haa doubtless increased Shaikh Isa's
idea of his own importance.
aut-Golonel,

Deputy poiitioal Resident,Bersian Gulf.

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