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Records oj Bahrain

Confidential. of iooo.
Politic o.l Agency,
Bahrain,4th April 1909.

From
Major l'V li. Pridoaux,
Political Agent,
Bahrain.
To
Tho Political Rouidon* in tho Persian Gulf,

Bus hire.
Sir,
I have the honour to report that the Turkish
officials in Haua,under their present Mutasaerlf Maliir Pash*
o.ro apparently making some effort to establish thoir o.utho-
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rity more securely in the ro/ther vaguely definod district
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over v/hich they rule.
2. During tho lo.st v/eek of February 1909,1 heard
; that the Mudir of Ojair had been corresponding with the
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DowasiT tribesmen who periodically visit Zakhmmiya Island
from Bahrain,with o. view to 'jetting thorn to admit theihr
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allOgianco to tho Turkish throne.A wuek or two lo.ter tho
I! rumour reached Bahrain that a Turkish salaried Kaimmakam
BII had been despatched to Doha to take over the Government of
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the town (or whole Katar Peninsula,perhaps,as the Turks
I claim it) from Shaikh Jaaim bin Thani and his deputy son,
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; Abdallah bin Jaaim.
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I 3. On the 8th March I proceeded to Luaail,Shaikh
li Jaaim's headquarters,in the Agency Launch,and on the 10th
the old Chief rode in from the interior to meet mo.I also
despatched a Confidential reporter,who had accompanied me
from Bahrain,by name Yusuf bin Ahmad Kano,overland to Doha
to collect o.ll the authentic news pouBiblo connocted with
the object of my visit.
4. Shaikh Jaaim received me very cordially,and ap-
peared to be enjoying better health than I ha8Vseen him ip
A b.efore

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