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Question.*—Dfow;oonYes it that tho lUon on board your.K'Bu’gla,/. neb-oil nrmo'd ?
:: \ • Anmoer^W^ nro pooplo of Dashtco, and always go'about with our arms.
Question.—To, whom-does tho “Bugla” bolong ? ,
• 'Ansiocr.*—'Tho “ Bugla” belongs to tlireo people of Daycr, ns follows:— * ''
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1 Injeo Dnwood Dashtco, Mahomed Hajee' Ahmed Dnshtec, nud Ilajco Ahmed
£or Hasson Dashtcc.
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Question.—Some cases of piracy have been rccontly roported against Daycr:
Aro you.iii any way oporuting in'that direction?
'fjfpstocr.—'No. :
HnjbO Abd Alco asks whero tho Resident is como from, as ho had heard that
the Resident was at Muscat by this timo.
T^ho, Resident and Senior Naval Officer inform Hajee Abd Alee that, ns ho
has coihc into Bahrein firing guns and flying an Arab color, also declaring him*
solf 'to bo carrying a communication and dress of honor from the Ohief of Daycr,
Or’sbmo other authority, declaratory of supporting a pirate, on account of whoso
procooding Hor Majesty’s Indian Government are at present blockading Bahroin,
ho,.:Hnjcc Abd Alee, cannot bo permitted to deliver his documents, which seem of
a very suspicious character.; Accordingly that ho will* bo-detained, and towod to
tho uenrest telegraph station nH soon as possible, whero tho orders of Government
will bo solicited by telegraph. • .
Ilajco Abd Aleo states that tho a Bugla" does not bolong to tho Ohief of
Daycr, but to his subjects; also that it is four days sinco ho loft Dayer.
&—On the 21st. instant, the samo Ilajce Abd Alee camo on board tho
Dajihnc and had another interview will the Resident and Senior Naval* Officer.
Tho’ Ilajec’s wish was to be permitted to hand over to tho Resident tho lottor,
or-order, offering support to tho Pirato Chiefs ot .Bahrein,’ and- to bo allowed
himself to depart with his armed craft. Tho Resident and Senior Navnl Officer
wefo unablo to ogroo to this, as tho craft had obviously attomptod to run tho
.blockade. ::
inteuUoirof^h’.n^CCa»,80»i ^d ^co n^*nittcd ho had put to sea with the
£ °MfrZ ■^d1^11110 ChiCf8 ° lcUOr' °r °ther ^

«utSrt^r3°from **,a**0 °f lcttcr< of iraP0rt‘nC0 with-
'l Bc,cmcd from tlle fir8fc "tnlomont mado by Moolln
i • u ' ®uPc**c?rg?i that tho letters in question might linvobeen inspired,
dh.ri^L^ th° *«.»& Governor Qonor.Hof Par.,- and might prove of »
•I p . Jt'HR that aid by forco from the Persian ports had been tendered by
• nn.cc .^#ovcrnor Qoucrnl to Pirato Chiefs at Bahroin, who havo recontly
fi»A I? ,lnJur(Jdi or ruined, numerous Britisli subjects, and flngrnnily infracted
Triir^A'VT°A11 UCC‘x 1 ,(i ^Cfl*dent -and Senior Naval Officor thoroforo informed
lmfir fi d A i ? 1 ^'oy muflt await further instructions from Government
beforo they could uiovo in tho matter.
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IIajbk Abd Awn# tA,t
Memo, of \ohat occurred at the taking charge of certoin tetters from
the 29ih of Roeember 1800.
Colonel Polly and Captain Douglas prooccdod to tho Dayor boot in which
ilujoo Abd Alco Was, and Ilajco Abd Alco was informed that telegraphic instruction*
had arrived from Hor Majosty/.s Indian Government which enabled them to
POjnpIy with his (Hajoo Abd Alco) request, that tlioy would tnlco chnrgo of tho
.haters of which ho had spoken'to tlic Resident nnd the Senior Officer of II.cr
Majesty s Ships present, when stopped in attempting to run tho blockndo. JI'ljc0

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