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80 TREATIES WITH THE ARAB TRIBES

Signed at Faleia, at noon, on
Wednesday the twenty.ninth of the
month of Jumadce-ool-Awul, in the year of the Hijree one thousand
two hundred and thirty-five (corresponding to the fifteenth of March
1820 ).

Abdoolla bin Rasiiid, with his own hand
(Chief of Amulgavine).

W. Grant Keir, Major General.
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Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with Sultan bin Suggur.

In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate !

Know all men, that Sultan bin Suggur has been in the presence of
General Sir William Grant Ketr, and there have passed between them
the following stipulations :—
Article I.

Sultan bin Suggur shall surrender to the General the towers, guns,
and vessels, which are in Shargah, Ejman, Amulgavine, and their depen­
dencies. The General will leave the boats which are for the pearl
fishing, and fishing-boats, and the remainder of the vessels shall be at
the disposal of the General.
Article II.

Sultan bin Suggur shall give up all the Indian prisoners, if any such
are in his possession.
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Article III. :
The General will not allow the troops to enter the towns to lay them
waste.
Article IV.
After the execution of these engagements, Sultan bin Suggur shall be
terms of peace as the remainder of the friendly
admitted to the same
(or pacificated) Arabs.
cessation of hostilities between the
On these conditions there is a
and his followers, with the exception
General and Sultan bin Suggur
that their boats are not to go to sea.