ABSTRACT
Yetitispreciselythislackofpre-conceivedideaswhichmakes Brucks'accountsoinformative,althoughevenheisnotfreefrom someoftheracialprejudicesofhiscontemporaries.Hedescribesthe populationofBahrain,whichheestimatestobearoundsixty thousand,asdividedinto:
theUttoobeesofBahrein,theShaikh'sfamily;theAbookara,Al Zayed,AlSalata,AlMahande,Mootsallema,Kaiser,Genahat,and somemixedtribes,inallsaidtobeeighteenortwenty thousandmencapableofbearingarms;theremainderabout fortyorforty-fivethousand,Bahreinees,areamixedbreed betweenArabandPersian,mostlycultivators,merchantsand fishermen,whoappeartopossesmoreoftheindolenceand cunningofthePersianthanthefrankandopenboldnessofthe Arab.TheArabslookwithmuchcontemptuponthisclass.24
