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impovtanoo) I rcoommond that tho poriod should bo not lcsg tlmn flvo years. if
not for an indcfmilo poriod. ~
28. I beg to state in conolusion that this roport 1ms oocupiod mo up to t ho
last minuto of tbo mail stoamor’a prosonoo, hoing typod shoot by shoot utraig lit
from my pon ; 1 shall consequently not bo ablo to roviso or altor anything, if it
is to on toll tho mail, and this aooms important. I thoroforo oravo indulgonoo for
any clerical errors or looso English of which I may have boon guilty.

Enclosure No. 1.
No. 270, dated 17th Novombor 1001.
From— Captain P. B. Piiidiavx, Assistant Political Agoot, Bahroin,
To— Majou P. Z. Cox, O.I.C., Political Iloaidont in tho Porsiau Qulf.
I havo tho honour to roport that on tho ovoning of Monday, thn 14th instant,
a most sarious assault was committed by fcqy Horvant.H nf Shaikhi All bin Ahmed
nl Klmlifali and other Arabs on tho family of Ilnji Abdul Nabriinzoroonl And
other iunooont Persians who ohancod to fall in tlioic way, with tho rosult that
two respectablo Persians—tho fathor and hrothor of Abdul Nubi—havo boqn
dangerously woundod and soven other Porsiaus less seriously so.
2. Tho facts of tho oaso, as reportod by my Arab Munshi after thorough
enquiry, are as follows. The disturbance aroso through a Persian servant of
Uaji Abdul Nabi and a Nflgio_ servant of Slioikh Ali bin Alunod brushing
against onoli other in a narrowlarmot mo uazaar unintontionau)fT‘,Tho Nogro
; Murjook, turned furiously on tho Persian Ramzan, and after tho oxohungo of
a fow sentences knookod hiui down. Scoing othor Persians about, ho flow at
thorn, using his stick freely, aud in a fow momenta othors of his companions had
commonooa copying his cxamplo. Uaji Abdul Nabi, who is tho monopolist of
tho cargo-landing business, tho contruot for whioh ho holds widor tho Ohiof’s
Wazior Abdur Itahman, oame running up to suhduo tho disturbance, but his
iufluonco failed to stand him in good stead, aud ho found hiuisolf cotnpollod
to flee backvtn hishouso to save his life. By this timo a number of Suunis had
joinod in tho oxcitemont coaling out of an adjaoont rnosquo, the Mullah of whioh
1 was urging them to “kill, kill tho moguls" and a number of otluirsi inoluding
Shejkh Diaij bin Saimaa al Khalifa, whoso throe intimato relatives wero the
porsons killed~EylK<n36gaih on tho mainlaud in 1000, also oame up from tho
house of Sheilji Ali bin Alimod, who is suid to havo hurried thorn forward
though JttJcopLouTontglrrhini self. '
3. Hnji Abdul Nabi, pursued by an infuriated mob, was ablo to find safety
in the midst of women, but his old fathor, aged 80 years, and his hrothor woro
caught, draggod out of tho houso and most brutally assaulted. Tho otiior
Persians injured woro mero onlookors, and it is a noticoablo fact that no Arabs
woro at all seriously hurt, though at tho prosont moment an “ Xetishhad " is
being circulated for signature amongst Arabs to tho offeeb that tho Porsians
wero tho aggressors and that a number of Arabs too havo bcoa hurt.
4. On receiving news of tho affair, which did not last long in an aotivc
state owing to tho flight of all the Porsians from tho streots, I immediately
requested D c. ■Thojna^ofUio Arabian Mission, my medical attendant, to look at
:
tho injured mon, anua'S'opy'orins roport is attaobed for your information. X
also sent word to Sheikh Ali bin Ahmed that X wished to sec him, and ho oame
round to tho Agonoy at about 0 p.m„ aftor eating his food. I found him in out­
ward apper anoe considerably upset at tho contretemps and certainly somowhat
nervous as to tho oonsequonoos. I told him that I was astonished at tho want
of control undor which his servanto apparontly oxisted, not only bocauso tho
Resident's deoision regarding thq previous pase in whioh they had boen oon>
corned, when Mr. Bahnson, tho Qormanpwas hurt, had not boon announced',
but also boenueo two or throe days ago I had sent him as well as other 8hoikhs,
who reside in tho Mnnamah Bazaar, aprivato message through Uaji Abbas to tho
effect that tho Ohief had written to me that ho did not approve of tho
,*.8ukhni,t -(corvel system, and that thoroforo if oasos of flagrant tyranny in
connection with it ooourred in tho futuro the norpetrators wore unlikoly to got
support from Sboikh Isa.