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In the Court of the K»olltlcul Agent — eetabllehod under
the Order In Council — a member of tho Al Khalifa Xe
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uosoolutad with all Uw proceedings of juutlce. Even the
Political Agent'n Court reforn founy nattcro for native
opinion mid udviae.
As already ntuted, the Al Khalifa are uneducated
and Ignorant and It would be lrapooaible for them to zaanago.
affairs without tlio ouyyort given thorn by the I'olltloal i
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Agent or the Advloor. goth Shaikh Humud — nlion ho oun be !.
Rrouood to interest hlmuelf — and hlo eon, r.ulaimun, on'all
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oooanionu, ore excellent In dealing with caueu demanding
local knowledge; but as they thexaualvou confess they Mould
not pane oentonaes of death or take action agalnot prominent
men without tho nupyort of Uiolr adviooro. in the octree *
of time, Shaikh Sulaiwan may got oufflolont courage to otapd
on his own feet, A ouocouaor will be trained to take hlo'
placet when ho ouccocdn hlu father in the Uuleruhlp pr goto

tired of hlo raugiutcriul work.
(f) before 1023 the diveru were wholly in tho hnndeof'

their nakhuduo and tho morchanto, who workod through thdv
aingle vanal mombur of the Sail fail* how a proper oyotom
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of aocouptii hue boon ootublluhed and, tlianko to tlio super-
vision of tlio .Courts ovor.tho Sallfoh, tho divoro havo very
little oauoo Tot ubropluinfc. Their lot from being tho •:
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vorot has/bocome the best In. the Oulf*
(c) Bahrain, in- addition-tOA^W?' oitoo, has aft ex- :
tenolvo area under gurdonu. It woe found t-liat Bh«il^.loaf^
aa tord of the soil, in his haypy-go-luoky way. htiijcrevien^
ly oold or gifted the sane area to^ two or even three* difn.. •
fero.nt persons. The result wuo kirUXiMoC 1 bpdttfsV,’:
which could only bo terminated by oar of ul enquiry fol^oWcd,.

? an uoourute survey* A survey 'uf all towns and of ^er^l'
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village arean followed.
At first tlio ourvey df villugee was reu
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peoeie jy*

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