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4. I should be glad of ten printed copies of the report, and beg also
respectfully to request that a few copies
# Tr,do* of Parts II and IV* may be supplied
in separate form.

PART L

GENERAL REPORT FOR 1878-79.
The following headings comprise the territories to be noticed in
connection with the political supervision and relations of this Resi­
dency
1. 'Oman, under the rule of His Highness Seyyid Toorkee.
2. The Arab Coast, under petty independent Chiefs.
3. Bahrain, under Shaikh 'Eesa-binVAli.
4. Ncjd, El Ahsa (or El Hasa), and El-Katr or Guttur, more
or less subject to Turkey.
5. Southern Persia, Provinces of Arabistan, Fars and Persian
Beloochistan.
G. Bassidore.
1.—'Oman.
2. The Political Agent's Report is submitted as Part III. The po­
litical condition of this principality has been exceptionally satisfactory,
and happily there was no occasion for any intervention of the British
Government.
2.—Arab Coast.

3. There are no changes to record amongst the Trucial Chiefs on
this coast who rule the marginally enu-
(1) Ilas-cl-Kbciwnb; (2) Umm-el-
Kawiiin ; (3) *Kjm£a ; (I) Shargah; meratcd ports.
(5) Dabuj; (G) Abu-Zhabi* 4. The Chief, Hameyd-bin-Abdullah,
has continued to fulfil his engagements
Ri*-el*Kbcimah.
satisfactorily. A vessel belonging to one
of his subjects having embarked Bedouins at El-Bidaa, was seized and
used by them for piratical purposes and eventually released. The Chief
wa8 desired to keep the Nakhoda under surveillance, in order to hi®
production in case of it appearing he acted in collusion with the
pirates.
5. A vessel of R^s-el-Khcimah was plundered off El-Kateef by
Bedouin pirates of property estimated at 330 dollars, and Shaikh Hameyd
placed the matter in the hands of the Resident.
6. The Chiefs, Ahmed-bin-Abullah, Rashid-bin-Hameyd and Zaeod-
Unun.el-Kxwain, 'Ejmin and Abu- bin-khaleefab, have given entire satisfac-
Zb*J,L # # tion in their relations with the Residency
and shown their willingness to do justice in matters connected with Brit-
ish Indian subjects, and to abide by the Trucial Regulations.