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TREATIES WITH THE ARAB TRIBES

Article II.
Shaikh Shakhboot shall be admitted to the terms of the Gon* 1
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W. Grant Keir,
(A true translation) Major General.
T. P. Thompson,
Captain, 17th Light Dragoons, and Interpreter.
Copy of the Articles between the General and Shaikh Shakhboot.
Witness my hand and seal.

The signature of Shakhboot,
with his own hand.

W. Grant Keir,
Major General.

Preliminary Treaty with the Shaikhs of Bahrein, dated 5th
February 1820.

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

Know all men, there hath come into the presence of General Sir
William Grant Keir, Syud Abdool Juleel, Vakeel on the .part of the
Shaikhs Soleyman bin Ahmed and Abdoolla bin Ahmed, and there
have passed between the General and the said Abdool Juleel, on the
part of the above named, the following stipulations :—
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Article I.
That the Shaikhs shall not permit from henceforth, in Bahrein or its I
dependencies, the sale of any commodities which have been procured
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by means of plunder and piracy, nor allow their people to sell anything
of any kind whatsoever to such persons as may be engaged in the
practice of plunder and piracy ; and if any of their people shall act
contrary hereto, it shall be equivalent to an act of piracy on the part o
such individuals.
Article II.
who may be in j
That they shall deliver up all the Indian prisoners
their possession.

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