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COPY 471
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Copy of a petition of Shaykh Muhammad, Son of Khalifa, which he
wrote to the Govt of Fars, the Nowwab Husama's Saltana.
The petition to the resplendent presence of the most noble,
most illustrious, most high, most exalted, and goodly Nawwab
Husama's Saltana, the days of whose puissance, greatness, and glory,
may God prolong!

The sacred mandate, worthy of all obedience, which was Issued
for the upraising of the head of (me) the servant (of G.H.) together
with a shawl cloak, which was sent as a robe of honour, have we been
glorified by (receiving on) their arrival in the charge of the
exalted Mirza Mahdl, a Clerk for Foreign Affairs; and unto us there
ensued, by the multitude of the kindnesses of the great and goodly
Nawwab, the extreme of exultation, Also the communications which
were on the exalted part of the great and goodly Nawwab, the said
exalted personage delivered unto us, and they became a cause of
great hopes of (your) servant.
And the arrangement, the declaration of which was necessary,
did we settle with the said exalted personage; and it is as clear as
the dazzling sun that the islands of Bahrayn are a part of the lands
of the dominions of the Exalted (Persian) State, and also that we
are the subjects and servants of the Exalted State, And our
petition is a petition to the resplendent presence of His most
exalted Majesty, powerfully puissant, the Shadow of God upon Earth,
the Saltan divinely strengthened and rendered successful, the crean
of the Saltans of .the horizons, the possessor of the Kingdom by
inheritance and by merit, the King of Kings, may our souls be his
sacrifice and may God eternize his rule and his dominion! And we
have presented it; and the said exalted personage will submit it to
the sacred presence.
journeying by^he^oute of th* ?il2rims to Makka» and of their
iis.

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undertakes ft?so the Ik Itand he never fulflls that whlch he
and ^ Shaykhs of the Arabs who are in these parts do
not obey him; in the end there would only be detriment to the
pilgrims.
Now, by the power of God and by His might, your servant s
about to set out, in the days after the fast, for Kuwayt; an
will go to the tribes of Arabs who inhabit the road from Kuway .,»
Makka, which may God ennoble! And I will assemble them, and
covenant with them on the part of the Commander of the m Govt.
Caravan, and I will lay the details before the presence of
of the Exalted State; and whatever they see fitting that wi r
perform. And when the mandate shall issue to your servant
shall undertake to enable the pilgrims with God's assistance, r
travel by the road from Kuwayt to Makka the honoured, ana tn* In
shall cause them to return to the part of Abu Shahr (Bushire
health and safety, let your sacred opinion be made manlfes •
And at the present time when the exalted Mirza Mahdl l*
returning, we send with him, in extreme humility and exceed the
confusion, a Waha (?) horse, of the most noble of the stee nreSence.
Arabs, in the form of a very humble offering to the sacre ss and
It is begged that you will close your eyes to his worthies sacred
honour us by acceptance, glorifying us with the issue of