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and with its bigoted populace triumphant, no European was able to return
to tbo town for a long time. The events of the year were undoubtedly
adverse to British trado and influonco, in a region in which high hopes of their
dovolopraont bavo been entertained and for this result, broadly speaking, the
Porsian Government by its absolute neglect of the most ordinary obligations of
a ruling power, and its apathy in the face of gross and unprovoked popular
outrages, must bo hold to be entirely responsible.
Por recent outbreaks of the tribes in Arabistan see Chapter XI.
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