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7* PERSIAN GULP ADMINISTRATION REPORT
renal and extremely dilatory. (Dismissed in January, 1917). Muhammad bi
Fadhal, Salifa Judge, has beon prompt and just in his decisions. Ho deaj1
■with pearling eases. Khalifah bin Mubarak, Judge of the Marino Court,
given satisfaction in tho few cases sent to him. *
’Ali bin Hussain, tho Amir of Manama^, though extremely corrupt, ha.
worked well and there have been no complaints of his conduct in eases in which
Foreigners have been concerned. Tho Agenoy has not much to do with Fahad
bin ’Abdur Rahman, Amir of Muharrnm. "What work ho has had to do, ha*
beon well done.
jndicUL The number and details of cases brought to tho Court of the
Political Agent during the'year aro shown below—

Oralt with by Nationality or rAXTiss.
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l & 'S a •a 8, 4 a ♦j Rruabxi,
1 *3 -a * I tf a a s li j
i •= r •i .1 2 5 ■a 2 i 2
•3 Sfc s
cr £ 3 Is n £ O ,*-«

Criminal CO 41 1 16 2 10 11 14 C5 18 6 8 8 bad cb«rw4*n
rcpatrialcd.

Cbil CO5 447 126 43 CO 1 23 133 ilS 421 611 74 144 34 Valuo Ba.
3,48,236.31

H. E. Shaikh Sir‘Abdul’ Aziz bin ‘Abdur ’ Babman al Faisal bm
Sa’ud, Ruler of Nejd, was appointed to be
Ban atfd Qatif.
a Knight Commander of the Order of the
Indian Empire in November and invested with the Insignia of the Order by
the Hon’ble the Resident at Kuwait The administration of the ’Oqair an
Qatif Customs has been greatly improved during the year and the amoUD
offered for the farm has risen from^Bs. 2,10,000 to Rs. 3,30,000. The **^1
Riyadh trade route was unsafe during the first quarter of the year—several
caravans were looted by tribes hostile to Bin 8a*ud, but safety wa* gub-
8equently restored.
The Hon’ble the Resident and the Political Agent visited Qatar &
November.
Qatar.
No cases of Piracy were reported-
Pine/,
vessel*
' The following Government
VUU of HU MBjm/'a Sklpa.
visited Bahrain

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