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Regional relations, 1926-193J
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No. 9**S of'1930. j 7n
British Rooidency and Co£oulate-Genwr&]Ly^
Bushiro, 8th January 1930.

From
The Hon’hie Lioutonant Colonel U.V.BiBcoe,
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf,
To
The Foreign Secretary to the Government of India,
i New Delhi.
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I have tho honour to invite a reference to my telegram
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No. T-61, dated the 15th December 1929, retarding that between
200 and 300 Bahama had fled from Qatif and taken refuge in
Manama Island belonging to Bahrain. The Political Agent subse­
quently informed mo that the number of refugee Bahama Imd risen
to about 1000 and that they had been compelled to leave their
families behind.
2. On the 20th December Captain Prior was out hawking
with the Deputy Ruler of Bahrain when a deputation of these

Bahama arrived to see Shaikh Hamad. His Excellency was not
disposed to be sympathetic to their grievances as they were
Shiahs but he told them that Bahrain and Has a were the same and
they could come to Bahrain, if they liked. They complained
however that their families were being detained by the Hasa
authorities and the Shaikh therefore referred them to the Political

Agent. Captain Prior has now reported that he received a
deputation the following day, but before doing 30 he had informed
me by telegram that these persons were coming to see him, and
I had warned him that only in the case of persons of undisputed
Bahrain nationality should he hold out any hopes of being able
to assist them. The Political Agent states that the first two
men whom he Baw were clearly Bahrain subjects, having been born
in the Island and having only left it in the last few yearo:
they stated that being known to be Bahrainis they were not

molested, which is of interest since it shows that our intor-
. Terence on behalf of genuine Bahama i3 expectod by the Qatif