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The squadron now proceeded to Moghn,''^ and also visited
Sharjah, Jezirat-el-Hamrah,t and Rams, three small towns on
the opposite coast, near Ras-ul-Khyniah, where nothing was
efifected beyond the destruction of such vessels as were found at
each of them, this, as it would seem, being the extent of the
orders of the Bombay Government to the leaders of the p]xpedi-
tion. When the bottom of the Gulf had been thus swept round,
the Expedition returned to Burka Roads, where they rejoined
the remainder of the force, including the ' Caroline ' frigate, and
remained some days at this rendezvous in order that the British
commander might concert fresh measures with Seyyid Said.
His Highness, who, in the first instance, considered as desperate
the attack on Ras-ul-Khymah with so small a force, warmly
expressed his great satisfaction at the success of his gallant
allies, and his gratitude for the benefit he had derived, particu-
larly by the capture of Luft and its surrender to him ; he now
proposed to accompany the Expedition with a large force to
attack Shinas| and Khor Fukaun, which had been taken from
him by the Joasmis.
On their arrival at Shinas on the 31st of December, says Buck-
ingham, a suunnonsto surrender was sent to the Wahabee chief,
H)n Abdool Uzzeer,§ the favourite general of Saood, to which he
* Moghu or Mogliiinah, is situated in the bay between Ras Bostonah and Ras
Yarid on the Persian shore. Until the acquisition of Bassadore on the north-
west extremity of the island of Kishni, Mogiiu was the station for the Indian
Kavy squadron. In " Nearclius' Voyage " (Gronov. edition) Moghu is called
Sidodone. Ras Yarid is called by Niebuhr, Ras-cl-Jerd, or " Baldhead." Many
other places in the Persian Gulf are rendered classical by the allusions to them
in the " Voyage of Nearchus," B.C. 328. To the West of Kongoon is Uhm-
Xheilah, called by sailors, Cape Berdistan (or Verdistan) the " Place of Cold."
Ormuz, mentioned by Arrian (p. 352) is called Organa, Gerun, and Gyrina by
Sti-dbo. Minab, or Minaw, from Mina-aub (blue water! is called Anamis by
Keai'chus. Neoptana, in Karmania, is the country of the Ichthyophagi, whicli
terminates at Cape Jask (Bardis) Ari'ian, p. 34-t. Other places outside the Gulf,
identified as having been visited by Alexander's Admiral, arc Cape Gwadel, or
Kas Noo, whicli lie describes, Gwadel Bay, called Mosarna, and .^shtola island,
which he calls Carmine. The stadium of Nearchus, it should be noted, is 18'7
to the nautical mile. Koli Mubarek, near Cape Jask, means the " Blessed
Mount," and is called by Marcian, the " Round Mount of Semiramis " (Geogr.
Minores, p. 21). It is not mentioned by Arrian.
t This place is a town and fort ten miles from Ras-ul-Khymah, built on an
island in an inlet. The fort has five or six towers, one a high square structure,
with two rows of windows. Rams, consisting of a port and small town, stands
six miles north-east of Ras-ul-Kliymah.
X Shinas is a considerable town, with a strong fort, twenty-seven miles to the
north-west of Sohar on the Batnali (or the" Inner") coast, which extends from
Muscat to Khor K(>lbeh. Khor i'ukaun, on this coast, is in a sandy bay, and is
a place of no importance.
§ The native Omanee historian, whose account is translated by Dr. G. P.
Badger, makes no mention of tliis General, but says that the Governor of the
Castle, one Moliamed-bin-Ahmed, on the commencement of the bombardment,
|)roceeded to procure assistance from Muttak-el-Mutairy, the Wahabee general,
but was unable to break through the investing force. After the departure of
the British, he says, Muttak fell upon tlie army of tiie Imaum, and put them to
flight, Seyyid Said escaping with dilllculty.