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MUSKAT—JO ASM EES. 329

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Date. Occurrences.
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Imaum, by preparing cordially to aid the authorities of
Mu skat against a rebellious chief, who is in consequence
induced to return to his allegiance.
A. D. 1842 A piracy, attended with murder, is committed by six Nujdees :
i of Muskat, who had been lately dismissed from the service
of the Imaum, upon a Kishm boat, in which they had
taken passage. The pirates are discovered at Cheeroo, and
handed over to the British authorities, who subsequently
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send them, agreeably to instructions from Government, to
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Muskat, with a desire that they might be made to suffer
adequate punishment.
1S43 The authorities of Muskat supply Esai bin Tarif and his
colleagues with ammunition and military stores, but
decline taking any active interference in their contest with : •
Bahrein, without the sanction of His Highness, who refers
them for the sentiments of the British Government on the
subject. These were opposed to his taking part in the ■
civil war.
A force, sent by the Imaum against his rebellious subjects
of Sevee, is defeated, with great slaughter.

JOASMEES.

Date. Occurrences.

a. d. 1765 The Joasmees, called in to aid the Governor of Ormus,
Gombroon, and Minao, in resisting the unjust levy of tribute
on the part of the Persian Government, take possession of
the towns of Kishm, Luft, Lingah, and Shinas (on the
Persian Coast). Kishm and Luft are subsequently reco«
vered by the Persian Government.
1777 Shaikh Rashid, of Ras-ool-Khyma, resigns the Shaikhdom in
favour of his son, Suggur.
1780 Shaikh Suggur, failing to negotiate a peace between the
Persians and Uttoobees, who had taken and plundered
Bahrein, joins Shaikh Nassir of Bushire in an expedition for
the recovery of the island. These attempts for reducing
Bahrein are repeatedly made, and not abandoned until 1785.

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