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The Bahrain Order in Council, 1907-1913 443

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As we were at the time engaged in the framing of an Order in Council which
would put us in a position for'dealing with foreigners effectively ourselves, it was
thought prudent by the Political Agent and myself, in view of the Shaikh’s
uncertain attitude and the above circumstances to postpone dealing with Abdul
Nabi, until it had been brought into operation. The issue of the said Order has
been delayed from month to month, but is on the point of issue, and meanwhile,
the objectionable practice, has not of late been in evidence.
5. Having regard to the fact that the Persian Government based their claim
to the sovereignty of Bahrain on no belter grounds than a Convention, dated
1822 which was not only never ratified but was specifically repudiated by both
the Persian and British Governments, the abandonment of the claim would not
appear to involve to them any real loss of prestige or amour propre, and, by
removing from the category of disputed issues a matter which has caused a vast
amount of correspondence and no little diplomatic friction in the past, can only
tend to improve our relations with the Persian Government and its local officials.
I am sending a copy of this despatch to His Majesty’s Foreign Office and
to the Government of India,

CflePD—44—7.3.13—OCDP Simla.