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•with ■which was likely to be'resented. As the pearl boat owners principal,
belonged to strong tnbcs, ho did not feel inclined to earn any share of 7
resentment ^
In view of the absence, as far as is known to this Agency, of any suspicj
that the pearling boats commonly take part in the Arms traffic, of theta!
feeling which would bo aroused ana of the increased responsibility which
devolve on Government for every case of piracy which might take place, \v
question docs not appear to bo one on which it is advisable to take actio
except after mature consideration, and with a full realisation of the alarm aoS
hostility which it is likely to arouse in a generally innocent community. n
The number of slaves manumitted during the year was 11. No special
difficulty was encountered in dealing
Vummlfdon of Sieves tod SUvo Trade.
any of these cases.
The case of Isa bin Ahmed, Dosiri, mentioned in last year’s Ilepo^
dragged on throughout the greater part of the year.
Procure was kept upon Shaikh Isa to bring him to book, but the Shaikh
was afraid of the powerful Dosiri faction, and other disagreements supervened
between Isa bin Ahmed and the Shaikh’s son, Muhammad.
At one time Isa bin Ahmed went over to Hasa and began negotiating with
the Turkish authorities. When the Political Resident came to Bahrain, fo
June, he was however at Budaiya. Shaikh Isa promised to bring him in, but
he wc3 actually permitted to make his escape to Darin. Shaikh Isa was then
required to pay up a fine of R 500 on his account, and further action
contemplated.
Isa bin Ahmed then began to see good to make his peace with us, and a
fairly satisfactory letter of apology was received from him. Reference was
made to Shaikh Isa and then direct negotiations were opened with Isa bin
Ahmed who was required to come in to the Agency and confirm his apology
verbally. This he eventually did, in October, and the episode closed with
his declaring himself a devoted friend and supporter of the British Govern­
ment.
Credit for the arrangement, which for the moment at least is satisfactory,
is largely due to Shaikh Abdul Latif, Dosiri, his tribe-fellow, who had himself
gone through a somewhat similar stage of development, and is now on very
satisfactory terms with the Agency.
In August, a Somali Nakhoda Muhammad Musa (the same individual
mentioned in the Fuwairat Robbery Case above) entered a charge against
another Somali, Omar bin Yusuf (ali-as Said), of having kidnapped and
6old 3 Somali hoys whom the Complainant had temporarily deposited in
Oman.
Omar, who was by this time on board a steamer in the harbour, vas
arrested and placed in detention. He denied the accusation and brought a
countercharge against Muhammad Musa.
The matter was referred to the Resident, and the three Somali boys vert
recovered through the efforts of His Majesty’s Vice-Consul at Lingah via
the co-operation of the Shaikh of Chiru, in whose district the boys were. Ofi
the appearance of the boys here, Omar admitted that he sold thenC and he **
sent to Bushire for trial in December.
The “Final Draft” of the Order-in-Council, as amended under the dife^
tion of the Foreign Office, London,
Bahrein Order in CoandL
received in April. It still however P1^
sented points of questionable expediency from the local point of vic*» °
permanent or temporary residents, and some amendments were suggested DJ
the Political Resident. Nothing more has since been heard of the order.
The Political Resident during a visit to Bahrain, in June, inforDa^
Shaikh Isa of Government’s decifii°n ^
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erect Wireless Telegraphy Stations
Bahrain, Kuwait, and the Trucial Coast, and requested him to accept
decision and allow us to select a sit* in Bahrain.