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man, and also his sister, were proved and the amouht
due to them was deposited in their name, The balance
of the money and a large amount of property is now the

subject matter of a lengthy and very complicated case
which has been going on in the Bahrain Court for over
two years*

There are endless other cases of the same sort in
which women and children and in one case a blind man
have been swindled out of their rights by the adminis­

trators of the estate*which they should inherit*
Recent lean years have aggravated the conditions as in

most cases the money was lost in diving, although it is
strictly forbidden by Mohamedan law for the administrators
of estates to speculate with the money which they are
entrusted with in dangerous trade* They are permited

to invest in property or to use the money in trade as
long as it is not of a dangerous nature and on condition

that the administrator possess^an equivalent capital
himself with which he can refund the estate if any dis­
aster occurs, but in Bahrain the law of the Shera in
this respect is disregarded*

Government issues proclamation.

These cases, and many others, were reported by the
Bahrain Court to Shaikh Hamad in detail* Various dis­

cussions and meetings took place, the Kadis were inter­
viewed and a proclamation was composed somewhat pn the

lines of one previously issued by the Agency six months
before which had been accepted by the public, without
objection. It required that all wills should be regis-
tered by the Government before being executed and in the

case of persons dying intestate the executor should not

act before informing the Government. It specially
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