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Copy of Translation (from Arabic Into Persian) of a petition of
Shaikh Muhammad, son of Khalifa, which he presented to the blessed
ground under the feet of his most exalted, most sacred and august
Majesty, mighty as fate, the King of Kings from whom may our souls
be a sacrifice.
He submits to the blessed ground under the feet of his most
exalted, powerfully puissant, mighty as fate and most sacred
Majesty, The King of Kings, glorious as from the asylum of the
faith, the Shadow of God upon earth for whom may our souls be a
sacrifice and whose rule and dominion may God eternize.
Since this Servant of the exalted State, In the faith of
obedience and duty, in the stage of loyalty has been firm In belief
and sound In principle and has represented his wishes to the earth
under the feet of the exalted Govnt. and they have caused the sane
to be submitted to the blessed earth under the Royal feet, and the
favour of his most exalted and most sacred Majesty, the shadow of
God upon earth have enveloped the condition of the servant and have
honoured me by the issuing of a mandate, resplendent as the sun and
obeyed by the universe and further have likewise deigned to glorify
me by the donation of a jewelled sword have also sent to my brother
All son of Khalifa, together with the Issuing of a Mandate, a sword
mounted in gold, in the charge of the exalted in rank, Mizza Mahdi,
a Clerk for Foreign Affairs.
The Commands that on the part of the Govnt of the victorious
state, in accordance with the exalted royal decree, were (entrusted)
to the said exalted personage, have been communicated to me, and the
matters also which this servant fully manifested to the said exalted
personage to be by him submitted to the earth under the blessed
feet, (are:)

always under
the protection of the exalted °f that Place we*'e
the exalted State. For somp Previously occupied in serving
duty was manifested on the nart fcie while Past when a failure of
want of the attention of the I* Servants, it arose from a
since the favor of the Ll , X?Ued Govnt to these parts. But
and since they have deianeH ♦- ovnt has been manifested towards us
make representations and tn 1° C?mm,sslon the exalted Mizza Mahdi to
njy brother, the Shaykh All squire about our circumstances, I and
House of Khalifa, and the lnh*£«?f Khallfa' and the whole of the
servants, subjects of the exalhpH^8 °f Bahrayn' are of the
servlee and to manifest inuajf State and are ready to perform
?J^ayn is a Part of the llnd of^h*^* the exalted State; and
State, and also In resDect nf Possessions of the Exalted
Bahrayn and other service t uhe f scal levies of future years for
thereof and have delivered*fho ave fixed a sum and the settlement
Mizza Mahdi from the conm<>nrfl! b?nd (sacred) thereof to the exalted
the monkey, which is the 20fh the Present (Tartar) year of
year will transmit the sum Sba'ban' and we henceforward every
the Lion and sun too, th#» pnc,the Public Treasury. The standard of
our house. nslgn of the exalted State Is set up over