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Two hundred years
company : visit Bahrain for a short time
In 1613, Thomas Aldrowth, from every year.
his position in Surat, wrote to With the presence of Turkish
the East India Company to open power in the Eastern Arabia
a trade center in Persia and to and the extension of the Turkish
put Bahrain into consideratioan influence in Qatar in 1895 with
where its port can get 200 or their arrival at El Zobarah ,
300 tons of goods. The company Britain declared that the demand
agreed to open centers in of Turkey that Bahrain under
Asfahan and Shiraz in 1617 and Turkish influence is not correct.
Bander Abbas in 1623 Bahrain (The Government of His Majesty
was excluded from that. would offer its protection to
After a century of Thomas Bahrain against any foreign
Aldrowth’s suggestion, the agent interference).
at Bandar Abbas Mr. Edward The British India Government
Adowth wrote a similar message had to confirm its presence
and after him the following agent in Bahrain through the control
Henry Savage in 1750 asking of state income. The chance
the company›s administration to arrived in 1898 when Sheikh Essa
transfer the Trade Center from Ben Ali asked the government
Bandar Abbas to Bahrain. of India to acknowledge that
The company agreed on the Sheikh Hamad Ben Essa to be
last suggestion but the death the Crown prince.
of Henry Savage stopped the The answer of the Government
project. After that, other treaties of India was on condition that the
were signed as a result for Sheikh would agree on a British
the naval conflicts in the Gulf supervision on the Manama Port
Waters. Britain appointed (as we andstop weaponssmugglingwith
mentioned before) agents for her appointing a British employee
in Bahrain from 1820 –1879 and as a representative of the British
the Government of India asked Indian Government. The Local
the assistant of the Resident to Agent for Britain at that time
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