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Confidential.

0.0. No. C/*'! o i Bahrain, Feby.4, 1948.
Confidential
BAHRAIN REOEIPTy .
Dalo,

It may be of interest to you to have some details
about Abdullah Zeera, the man who the Persians claim as
representing the "national party" in Bahrain.

He is a Shia Bahraani, aged 22, from Manaraah. He
was educated in a Government, school, he worked for some
years in Messrs Petroleum Concessions, Ltd., as a farrash
and was eventually promoted to the post of a junior clerk
through the influence of Naoraa, Packer*s head man. He
was not a success as a clerk and wa3 dismissed by Lermitte

because he overstayed his leave in Iraq, He v/as con-
cerned in various transactions with Naama. He has been
several times in Iraq and to Persia and did some broad­
casting in Baghdad. His talks were harmless.
He was not a success at school though he had a great
opinion of his own abilities, He considers himself well
educated and is politically inclined. He quarrelled with

his three brothers, one of whom works in my office, the
other two hove shops in the bazaar. He has no following
in Bahrain. He belonged at one time to the Aruba Club,
the least political of all the clubs, but left it some
time ago. He is however connected with Saad bin Shamlan,

father of Abdulaziz Shamlan, these two are among the most
mischievous people in Bahrain.
He apparently sold his belongings before he left
Bahrain, It is said that he has married a Persian wife,
of good family, in Teheran.
Shortly! before ho left he woo reproved by his elder
brother for talking so much about politics, the brother

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