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JO ASM EES. 135

Date. Occurrences.

He had before by letter disclaimed the exercise of any con­
trol over the Shaikh of Amulgavine.
a. d. 1832 Shaikh Rashid, ofEjman, on a naval force appearing before
his port, affords the required redress, on account of the
plunder of Muskat and other vessels (not including those
of Sohar, with which place he was at war).
Nov. Dec. A large fleet of Joasmce vessels, under the command of
Sultan bin Suggur in person, come to Bushire, with a view
to assist Shaikh Nassir, the hereditary Governor of Bushire,
who had been ejected by the Shiraz authorities, and had
instituted a blockade of the port. According to previous
agreement, the plunder of the place was to have been the
reward of a successful attack.
The Joasmees are prevented by the British authorities from
carrying out their intention.
1833 A trifling act of piracy, but indicative of their disorderly and
plundering spirit, is committed by a Joasmee boat, whose
crew carries off from Corgoo some small portion of a tent
belonging to the British Residency establishment, who had
made that island the place of their sojourn during the plague.
A vessel of war is despatched after the boat, and coming up
with it at Moll urn rah, demands and obtains the surrender
of the delinquents, and plundered property, and brings
them to Bushire, where, the object having been gained, they
are immediately released.
1833-34 Sultan bin Suggur is defeated in his attack upon Aboothabee.
He returns with his fleet, accompanied by the boats of
Lingah, Ejman, and Debaye, and blockades the place,
where parties of his dependents and allies cut off the
supplies by land. Both sides, much distressed, and de­
prived of the benefits of the pearl fishery, are glad to con­
clude a peace, which is mediated by Syud bin Guzeeb, the
Shaikh of Lingah.
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The influence of the Wahabees in favour of the Beniyas is
insufficient to prevent these proceedings on the part of the
Joasmees.
1835 Shaikh Sultan bin Suggur proceeds with a large fleet to his
possessions on the Batinah Coast, ostensibly for the purpose
of assisting the authorities of Muskat in their civil broils-
(agreeable to the desire of the Imaum, on his leaving for his