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in money, should it be found impracticable at this distant period t
return the boats in the same condition they were in at the lime °r
capture. 01
Article IV.
Rahmah bin Jaubir promises to give up the whole of the cargo of the
boat Nasery, which was captured at Bahrein, and to produce t certifi.
cate from the owner of the boat that he has received full indemnifica-
tion for the losses sustained on that occasion.
Article V.
The people of Bahrein shall be at liberty to proceed to Damaum to
identify the boats that may have formerly belonged to them, and to
bring away all that they can prove to have been originally their
property.
Article VI.
Rahmah bin Jaubir binds himself, his relations, and tribe, to abstain
in future from all acts of aggression or insult against Shaikh Abdoolla
bin Ahmed, and the people of Bahrein, to consider them as brothers, and
to assist them against all enemies.

(Signed) Abdoolla bin Ahmed,
Rahmah bin Jaubir.
Bahrein, 1th February 1824.

Signed, sealed, and exchanged in my presence.
(Signed) E. G. Stannus, C.B.,
Resident in the Gulf of Persia.

Terms of a Maritime Truce for Ten Years, agreed upon by the Chiefs
OF THE Arabian Coast, under the Mediation of the Resident in
the Persian Gulf, dated 1$£ June 1843.

We, whose seals are hereunto affixed, viz.
Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of the Joasmee Tribe,
Khalifa bin Shakhboot, Chief of the Beniyas,
Muktoom bin Butye, Chief of the Boo Falasa,
Abdoolla bin Rashid, Chief of Amulgavine,
Abdool Azeez bin Rashid, Chief of Ejman,
of the evil consequences arising
being fully impressed with a sense
from our subjects and dependents being prevented carr ying on the pearl

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