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position to take tho law into their own hands v/hon unusually
dissatisfied.
Sd/~ Q.K. Daly, Major, I.A.,
Political Agent, Bahrain.

wtm*
No. 2d-S of 1932.
British Rosidoncy ana Consulate-Genorul,
Bu3hiro, bth January
Prom
Tho lion'bio Lieut-C'ol. A.P. Trevor, 0,S. I., 0.1 • n).,
Political Resiaent in tho Porsian Gulf,
To
Tho Hon'ble i.ir. D. do S. Bray C.l.ifi., C.B.K..
Poroign Secretary to tho Govornment or India.
Poreign and Political Department, Delhi.

Tyranny c* tho Shoikh of Bahrain ana hia family ovor
Bahrain Subjects.

Sir,
In my letter No. 4yo-S., aatea dOth Docombcr roguraing the
tyranny of tho Sheikh of Bahrain over his subjects, I stutod that
I haa requested tho Political Agent to forward to mo notes of a
few of the more glaring casos of oppression, anu I now have tne
honour to submit for tne information oi tno Govornment or Inaia a
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copy of his memorandum giving particulars or certain cases of
No. l/C dated Bra January oppression of various sorts.
*
Case lio. o was reported to tne
Government of India in my letter No. 27&-S, uatoa Blst September
lUBO. Caso ilo. lb was the ono alluaea to in lay letter aoove-montion-
ed as having boon reportod to mo at the interview on 21st Decomber;
in describing tho caso I inaavortontly stated that Sheikh Ahulia
was tho offender instead of Sheikh llamud bin Suouh. I rogrot that I
should have maae this mistake, but the main facts nro corroct, and
the case is a very glaring ono.
It will be noticed that-Shoikh Abdulla is responsible for many
of the acts of oppression. Just bofora unu during tho early part of
the \yar Sheikh Abdulla seemod to bo tho most intelligent ana
Progressive