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Appointment of Shaikh Hamad b. 'Isa A l Khalijah, 1923 7

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audience and both Homed and Abdulla are enthusiastic and
were especially pleased at the flattering reference to

Sheikh Isa0 As far as can be judged the Bahrein reforms
have started well and in the right atmosphere and Sheikh
Isa seems already acquiescento *
It will probably particularly interest Teheran
that I received an ontirely unsolicited testimonial from
the Bahrein Pereians0 not the Baharinahy whose spokesman
disclaimed all connection with the newspaper and Teheran

agitation.. He said that with a few and unimportant
exceptlons0 no Persians in Bahrein desired Persian rule or
the severance of British connection with Bahrein* Local
Persians wore genuinely delighted at the discomfiture of
<^3.uaibi and imagined stops taken by us were purely on their
accounto They seemed surprised that we should take so

much trouble in view of antioBxltish agitation in Persian
Pressa

Addressed to Foreign 4Q1, repeated to Teheran
113 and Secretary of State for India and Political Agent at-
Bahrein 481c
Knox*

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