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COPY OF TELEGRAM. ; : ’ 7 3M'
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Prom Viceroyo Foreign & Political Department,
to Secretary of State for India*
Dated Simla, 11th May,' 19230 VVmt-

Received 11th May, 1923, 4 p0m©
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Priority A>
618-So Following telegram of 27th AprilD
repeated to Teheran and Baghdad from Resident in the
Persian Gulf, 398. BeginsPolitical, Bahrein,
reports that on 20th April, fracas took place in the
Manama Bazaar, between a Persian and a Nejdi, which
developed into a riot between Nejdis and Persians© No
great harm was actually done and police easily quelled
disturbance, but Persians are, political understands,

telegraphing protest to Teheran© Political reports
that Bin Saud»s agent, Qasaibi, behaved very badly©
Ho is believed to have incited Nejdis to fray and locked
himself in when mischief was well afooto He wa3 in
the end apologetic and offoring to pay compensation

assessed for injuries inflictedo

Am I authorised to tell Bin Saud, flatly,
that we will not tolerate presence of Qasaibi or any
other Nejd agent at Bahrein and will deport him to
Al-Ahsa unless he confines his activities to purely
commercial ends and refrains from interfering with officii
and administrative matters ? Position in Bahrein is
quite

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