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Reforms and unrest, 1923

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c NO.42-8 Of 1923.
British Residency and Consulate-General,
•v- Bu6hire, 27th January 19?3, J § Q
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From
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The Hon1 hie Lieut. Col. A. P/Trevor, CVS. r.
Political Resident In the Persian Gulf,
To
D. de S.Bray.Esqr •» C.S.I,,C.I,E • i C.B.E • *
in mr-u F0.1?Fo^jl^gn Secretary to the Government of India
M-l'Miy s KC }2^n the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi.
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(FEu 2 BAHRAIN REFORMS.
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Sir,
I In my letter 529-S dated 16th July 1922 I asked leave
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to send In my considered proposals regarding the Reforms In
Bahrain after the close of the pearling 6ea6on. I would
have suw.iitted my views to you earlier had I not received
A*. la6t month your memorandum No.3664/1126 Est.A. of the 5th
; • .* t December In which you referred to the Reforms as having "now
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A 'lapsed Indefinitely". This reachod me on my return from a
v1sit to Bahrain where I had been to discuss the question
with the Political Agent; and I was on the point of closing
a letter to you asking for the orders of the Government of
India in view of that announcement when I received your
dated 10th January 1923 reraindirti
memorandum Ho.33-82 E6t.A • i
mo that my proposals were still awaited. I have the honour
' ?' now to acquaint Government with my views on the present
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situation in Bahrain.

2. The position of affairs is no better than when I last
addressed you. During the past few months, the oppression
of the Behraini6 by the Sheikh end the members of his
numerous family ha6 seriously increased; and is giving rise
to deep discontent with the ruling family, and - as we are
inevitably associated with the Sheikh's despotic rule - more
and more criticism of our connivance at the victimization of
his Shiah subjects. The Political Agent reports that a
leading

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