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CONFIDENTIAL. ' if s'
No C of 1930.
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Political Agency, Bahrain.
The 26th October 1930. ,— -ncY-1

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Captain C.G. Prior, I.A., T OOhiiu^:
Political Agent, Bahrain.
To
The Honfble the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf,
Bushire.
Sir,
I have the honour to bring to your notice instanc
es of the continued aggression of the King of the Hedjaz ana
his agents the Qusaibis, an aggression, if not checked, will
have a serious effect on our position in Bahrain.
2. It will be remembered that during the summer Bi
Jaluwi, the Amir of Hasa had written to Shaikh Hamad ( and ‘
to m? ) in a somewhat peremptory fashion demanding the
surrend r of certain persons^he considureu to be of (Jejd
nationality and he also sent men tj fetc& them , an act whicA.
was much resented by the Ruling family. Actually the Shaikh
refused to admit that they were other than th* Bahrain sub­
jects, in fact they were Dowasir who have libed here for
many years though not without trading connections on the
mainland, and the men were not returned. I took advantage of
the opportunity to/ point out t® Bin Jiluwi ;that Bin .Saud had.\.
himself requested that the practice of surren&ring persons..;..:^;.'
should cease, and that it was at^||£§§t

asking mainland Amirs to send men''jtV:Bahrain«'■
3* Vlhile'I was in Karachi a theft ;c>qcur!fed
dhow in Bahrain Harbour and both 'the'accused -'^iid..
were Hasawis. Apparently considering, a conyi,ction;;^^l^|^|
the Nakhuda.went to^ea
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