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vorbal roprrdontatlono to no* Tho Political Agontf’fiadN
unfortunatoly boon down with fovor nnd whllo lie ttpet ulnblo
to nttond to bualnono Khan nnhlb Muharmod nharlf
hood of tho porolan oonmunlty auddonly loarnt that oovoral
tliouoanti Bahrain oubjooto had oono in from outlying
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vlllngoo and gordona* nnd^tholr Intontlon wan to appear
In a largo body at tho Agonoy and petition no when I
landod* Tho Khun Sahib apparontly Interviewed tho hoad of
tho Hahrnin oonmunlty and trlod to provont tMn attendance
* on maoo% but tho only way ho could do it who by pledging
hlnnolf to arrango that I ohould ruoolvo a largo deputa­
tion • It wan only after this had boon dono that tho
Political Agont who woll onough to rooolvo '’uhnrmod Sheriff
when it wan too lute for tho former to try .and nal-o nono
tomporary arrangement# Oonnoquontly* although T nhould
havo of oouroo proforrod to nnlc (iovonment for ordara
flrot T. wan lot In for thlo deputation on arrival.
Tho Ghollch had of oouroo got wind of tho matter end
at tho oonoluolon of ny rotum call at tho (Tuntan nouoof
ho produood ooploo of vurlouo troatloa and agroo-vmt.n ho
had nado with tho rrj.tloh dovorment, and polntod out
that ho hud Icopt all oo thorn to tho boot of hie ability.
Ilia Kxaollonoy aid not of oouroo mention tho natter of tho
potltlon of hln nubjootcij but ho obviouoly had it In hlo
mind#
YThon I arrlvod at tho Agoncy I found a largo crowd
of JJahrolnln wnltlng nnd lntorvlowod thon In tho courtroom*
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lino potltlon waa pronontod nnd road and thon Individualo
oano forward nnd otatod tho varloue way a In which thoy
hud boon opprooood# I Informed thlo deputation that tlio
raattor wao not ono will oh I oould doal with on ny own
authority and that I wan a oorvant of tho r.ovommont nnd
muat obtain ordnro from oovonTwont* Thlo did not ontlofy
thon altogothor howoyor and thoy particularly pronaod tho
oaoa of ono nan who wan prooont* Thlo nan waa living In
hlo fathorfo houno Whon it nan attnokod ono night by
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nhvlkh K<K»lid end tho father wan nurdorod and tho non