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0 ADMINISTRATION REPORT OP THE PERSIAN GULP POLITICAL

to Na sir’s threats of attacking Bahrain, he was simply warned that such
attempts would he opposed and punished, and Jdsim-bin-Moliainmcd
was informed that he would he held responsible if he countenanced or
abetted Ntfsir in such proceedings.
In March a special agent was sent to El-Bida’a to ascertain by
personal communication the position and views of those persons. This
resulted in Nasir proposing to send his cousin ’Ali-bin-N;isir, lately
released from Aden, and now residing in El-llasa, to Bushire to ascertain
what terms he would be allowed, promising meantime to keep quiet.
The matter remains 60 at present.
The numerous sons of Mohammcd-bin-Kludeefah now at Aden,
becoming dissatisfied with their allowances, suddenly left Bahrain and
crossed to El-Katr. Subsequently they came to Bushire to petition the
Besident, by whose mediation a reconciliation was effected, and all
returned to Bahrain. Selman-biu-Mokammed-biu-Khalccfah, oue of
these pensioners, has since died.
Shaikh Jjisiin of El-Bida’a complained that the Chief of Bahrain
iotcuded to establish the Na’eym, who came to Bahrain from Zobarah
the preceding year at Foweyrdt in El-Katr. Shaikh ’Eesa intimated
that the Na'oym referred to wished to leave Bahrain of their own
accord as the climate disagreed with them, and their cattle suffered, and
that he was not concerned in their moving, and would not interfere on
the maiulund. Small-pox was prevalent at Bahrain during the year.,
4.—Nejd, El-IIasa, El-Katr.
—The union reported last year between ’Abdullah-bin-Feysal
and his nephews Mohammed Abdul Azeez, Abdullah, and Abdul-
Bali man, the sons of Su’ood-bin-Feysal, has continued. The provinces
of Sadryr and Wosliam own allegiance to ’Abdullah-bin-Feysal, who,
with his brothers Mohammed and Abdul-Kahmau, resides at El-Riddh.
The districts of El-Khorj, El-Hotah, El-Uareek, EI-Aflaj are assigned
to the sons of Su’ood. The Ameer desired however that the latter
should reside with him in El-Riddh, where houses were to be assigned
to him. Humours have frequently reached the coast that the Ameer
and his nephews were collecting forces with the intention of attacking
Kl-llasa and Kateef, hut they have not been confirmed, although no
doubt there i9 a restless feeling amongst the Nejd tribes. Presents
have been exchanged between ’Abdullah-bin-Feysal and Mobammed-
ihn-Ahdullah-ibu-Bashccd, Shaikh of Jchei Shamar.
The latest re]>ort was that ’Abdullah proposed that the Turkish
Government should entrust the government of Ei-Ifasa to him, other­
wise he would attack it.
El-Ilatd.—Sa’eed Bey, Muteserrif of Hasd, was relieved by Hajee
’Abdul Gbannee Pasha, who was scut from Constantinople, and who is
described as a fanatic of weak intellect. In autumn a body of the
Kl-’Ajmdn Bedouins attacked El-IIasd hoping to surprise the garrison. The
commandant however got warning, and repulsed the attack, killing sixty
of the Arabs, and takin risoners two of their Chiefs, Ibn-Muueykhir
and Kukau, The Mutes* .if was accused of misconduct in the matter,