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82                 TREATIES WITH THE ARAB TRIBES


                       be admitted to the terms of the General Treaty with         the Friendly
                       (literally the Pacifloated) Arabs.

                       Issued at Ras-ool-Khyma, in the forenoon of Saturday the twenty-second
                            of the month of Rubcc-ool-Awul, in the year of the Hijree
                                                                                            one
                            thousand two hundred and      thirty five (corresponding' t0 the eighth
                            of January 1820 ).

                                                                          W. Grant Keir,
                            (An exact translation)                            Major General.
                                      T. P. Thompson,
                          Captain, 17th Light Dragoons, and Interpreter.


                          Copy of the Articles between the Ge-         The signature of Husson
                       neral and Husson bin Rahmah. Witness bin Rahmah, with his            own
                        my hand and seal.                            hand.

                                              W .Grant Keir,
                                                    Major General.






                        Translation of the Preliminary Treaty with the Shaikh of Debaye

                          In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate!
                          Know all men, that Mahomed bin Haza bin Zaal, a minor, accom­
                       panied by Ahmed bin Futeis, has been in the presence of General Sir
                       William Grant Keir, and there have passed between them the
                       following stipulations :—

                                                       Article I.
                          The people of Debaye shall surrender to the General the vessels
                       which are in Debaye and its dependencies, and the guns which are in
                       the towers ; the General will leave the boats which are for the pearl
                       fishery, and fishing-boats.
                                                      Article II.
                          The people of Debaye shall give up all the Indian prisoners, if any
                       such are in their possession.
                                                      Article III.
                          The General will not allow the troops to enter the town to lay it
                       waste ; and further, as a mark of consideration towards His Highness
                       the Imaum, Syud bin Sultan, on the part of the General, he wil
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                       demolish the fort and towers.
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