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22. Colonel Polly has drawn especial attention to the
" I hod been nppoinkd under ordor* from Wa Majesty tlio paragraphs in
Shah for tho Arrangement* of nil tlio nlTnirs, great or M e h d c c
•wall, of tlio porta and islands of tho Toraian Ciulf, nnd
particular!/ of that of Bahrein. •Khan’s letter

" Mennlimo I learnt, tho circumatancca of. what liappo_____nt
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Bahrein—tho murder, plunilor,. imprisonment, nnd ovory* to Mahomed
thinp el’o that occurrcuin connection with tho descendants
of Khnlifehi nlao of your drarmt on ltahroln to remedy ])in Abdoollo
matters amt of your establishing yourself in tho Govern* *
mont, and I thanked God for tno letter. I submitted to whifll
Ilia lloyal Highness Sultan Muiaood Mirra, tlio Yemren* we
ood-DowIch, Governor-General of tho I'rovinco of Fora,
that sinro tho GoTcrnmrnt of Bahrein had formerly been quoto in the
in tho hauda of Sheikh Abdullah hen Ahmed (your
father), it aliould now ho rcalorrd to Ida aon, tho rightful margin. "We
owner. I further represented to Ilia lloyal Highness your
real for tlio aerriro of tho high (lorerniuent, nnd your agree with the
good behaviour toward* their auhiecta. On this represent* -n_ • 1. i •
ntion, Ilia Royal Highness waa pleased to honor you with iAColUv/llv 111
a Rnkum, sanctioning your appointment to tho nilcrehip „ 1- _
which had heen yours of old. I also submitted by special COn81(lCnng
mesaenger to His Majesty tho Shall tho details of tlio .1 , *, . .
occurrences at Bahrein. 1 myself moved on, aa aoon as Lllflo It WOUlCl
I could, towards tho ports and island* to (Id what I waa . ■..«» 1
appointed for. I ho|>o shortly to visit Bahrein and arrango UC (lllilCUlt
matters. I writo this from Bayer 1 and beforo going to .
Ton, I send Ifajec Ahd Alco with tho Jlulum from tho tO pCD U letter
l’rinco Yoniccn-ood-BowIch. I haro verbally instrurted .. .
him to tell you as to what is necessary, and you will toko IUOrC CXpllClt-
tho t rouble to conio to Bayer, where I shall sco you. It is 1
ndrisablo that you should do so, nnd he assured that no ]y faYOUmblc
endeavours 011 my part will k wauling to eflrct a satis* J
fnelory arrangement of nil your ntTuirs. You will not bo to tllC Chief,
delayed at Bayer. All that I want is to see you, and to 3
arrnngo matters with you, and then you can return. By \y J] 0 ll «l (l
tlm lima you nrrivo nt Buyer, n Firman ami a dress of
honor will nrrivo for you from llis Majesty tho Shah. taken 111 Tel tl"
Meantime, I am sending for von with tho hearer of this, l11
Hnjec Ahd Alee, a piece of' Timm shawl. All olso remain. ^ p03SCSgi0n
pending tout arrival nt Buyer, when everything will bo 1
completed.'' ’
Bahrein
and plundered British subjects, or tending more to en­
courage breaches of the maritime peace.”
23. Amongst the intercepted papers there is also the
translation of a letter, dated November 29th, 18G9,
from Mclidcc Khan to Colonel Pclly, the tone and
burden of which arc very different from that which
Mclidcc Khan wrote to Mahomed bin Abdoolla. It was.-
^apparently written to, conciliate Colonel Pclly, so far as
the Sirtccp could, whilst' reserving the territorial claims
of the Shah over Bahrein. Mchdcc Khan speaks of the
pirate Chief*8 appointment to Bahrein as only temporary ;
he takes credit to himself for his - endeavours to recover
the property plundered during the disturbances at Bah­
rein, assumes that. Colonel Polly’s views and the object
for which lie (Mchdcc Khan)’ has been appointed coin­
cide.; he offers , to assist' iii ’tho punishment of thoso
who have infringed the maritime peace, and claims, on
operations being; completed., the right for the Persian
Government to nominate to tho administration of tho
island such person ns it may deem fit. The Resident is
of opinion that the action of the Persian Government,
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