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NO# fafi- Q of 1023#
British nooldouoy and Conoulato-aonoral,
imolvlro, QBth Juno 1020#

prom
Tho llon*bio Llout-col# A#P#Trovor, C.o#l#fO#l#E##
political Rooidont In the Porolan Gulf,
To
D, do 0# Uraypi;oqr#j 0#BfI#p0#I#E#,0,D#K.f
Porolgn noorotary to tho aovornmont of India
In tho Forolgn and Political Dopartaont,

0 I It L. A«
BAHRAIN RKTORM3.

Uir,
With roforonoo to tho oorroopondonoo onding with your
tologran no0 001-8 dated 84th Juno on tho oiibjoot of tho
propoood roforma at Bahrain I liavo tho honour to report that
matton; ronaln In etatu quo and It now aoano unlikely that
tho Shoikho will aorioualy attonpt any roforra unloon driven
to it by robolllon on tho part of tho Bohrainla#
c« Tho roaoono for thin aro aa followoi-

Tho ahoildm oxprosBod thoir original dodro for roform ohortly
boforo Rcunaan and IUunzan had sturtod when Poroign and Poli­
tical Dopartroont tolograa No# D40-0 dated 2nd May wao ro-
oolvod# in Ramzan oapoolally if tho faot ooouro during tho
hot woatlior no ono dooo nuoh in Bahrain and noodlooa to aay
nothing wan attempted during tho month# By tho and of Raornan
tho Qhoildio doolro for rofortno had fianlod out to a groat
oxtont* Anothor roaoon 1b that a fow montho boforo tho
Down dr. a poworful trlbo of Sunni Arabs who rod do at BuAa-
iya and tho neighbourhood on tho oornor of tho main
1 aland and fit out a lot of boata for tho Poarl fiahorlos,
oont a doputatlon to tho flulton of lfojd# Tho lattor rooolvod

tho doputatlon woll and lo eald to havo promlood then his
support# Thla baa frightonod tho flhoikhs aa thoy havo a
groat droad of Din Baud and tho Akfcwan, and now that thoy