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instances inwhich theyliad famished crews to tho vessels
of. neighbouring.tribes, they bad not' themselves openly
engaged in.piracy. In 1820 General Keir negotiated
with tlic brothcr-Chicfs a Treaty stipulating that every
Jim.o.v tr,mu, voi'. m. ' possible discouragement should be
p. 203. . given within Bahrein and its de­
pendencies to pirates, and admitted them to the benefit
of the general Treaty with the friendly Arabs concluded
Aw. IW.V., Voi. vn., ' "bout the samo time, by which
p. 219.
• 1 • almost every Sheikh of note in
the Gulf pledged himself to peace with the British
Government, to desist from plunder and piracy, and to
aid if necessary in putting such crimes down.

'• 7. The continued fear of a combined attack on the
part of Muscat and Persia caused the TJttoobccs, in the
course of the same year, to send an Agent to the Imam
to conclude an agreement by which they undertook to
pay a tribute of 30,000 German Crowns a year. The
engagement was executed, but the guarantee of the British
Government, which both parties were anxious for, was not
Jlowihoy WI^ <i given. Subsequently the tribute
pp. 373*70.
was reduced to 18,000 Crowns.
Pour years later the British Government mediated with
success between Bahrein and the kindred house of
llahmah bin Jaubir of Demaurn. It was not long,
however, before a rupture occurred again, and both
turned to the British Government again for reconciliation.
But the Resident, seeing little or.no chance of tranquil­
lity, declined to interfere, and hostilities finally came to a
close by llahmah bin Jaubir, on finding himself likely
to be worsted in a desperate en­
A. d. 1820.
counter, setting fire to his ship’s
magazine and blowing up himself and his crew.

. 8. Meanwhile, in 1825,.Sulcraan bin Ahmed died,
and was succeeded by.his eldest son, Khalifa bin Sulcman.
.Tho/son inherited an equal share of revenue with his .undo
Abdoolla bin: Ahmed, t.but tho latter managed to retain
all real power in‘his own hands. The Imam of Muscat
Uomhnv iSW/W/om, XXIV., .was for interfering at once in favour
pp. 377*88.’*
of the deceased Shoikh’s sons, b.ut
the Governor of Bombay warned him of thq.;.cvils which
would ilow from such a stop, and did his heat to dissuade him
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