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374 UTTOOBEES.

bin Ahmed proceeded to Bassadore, but, from the unreasonable expecta
lions of himself and Rahmah bin Jaubir, the Acting Political A™ *
failed in settling their dispute. ® n
About the end of this year a JButeel belonging to a Bahrein merchant
was taken in Bussora river by His Britannic Ma­
a, d, 1822.
jesty’s ship Sophia, on a charge of piracy commit­
ted on a Bushire boat. The Buteel and crew were carried to Bombay,
but the charge of piracy not being considered as substantiated in the Re­
corder’s Court, she was released, together with the crew, and an ex­
planation of the circumstances afforded to the Chief of Bahrein, who
however disavowed the proceedings of the vessel in question.
In February 1824, Shaikh Abdoolla bin Ahmed made up his quarrel
with Rahmah bin Jaubir (through the mediation
a. d. 182-1.
of the Resident in the Persian Gulf), upon several
conditions, among which it was stipulated that the Bahrein Chief
should be permitted to chastise the Aboosematc Tribe, which had fled
from his territory, and taken refuge at Demaum, without any interfer­
ence on the part of Shaikh Rahmah in their favour.
Shaikh Mahomed bin Shakboot, the brother of Shaikh Tahnoon,
failing in his endeavours to obtain the assistance of the Mohariba Tribe
in renewing his attack on Aboothabee, sought the protection of the
Shaikh of Bahrein, and took up his residence in Huailah, which is
within the territories of the Uttoobee Chief, but over which he has little
control. In the beginning of 1824, a report was made by the Resident
that he had received information of a piracy having been committed on
a boat from Debaye (a town in strict alliance with Shaikh Tahnoon bin
Shakboot), by Mahomed bin Shakboot. This proceeding appeared to
the Resident in the Persian Gulf to call for immediate notice and
chastisement, and he accordingly required Shaikh Abdoolla bin Ahmed,
as the ostensible superior of Huailah, to take steps for this purpose, and
offered the use of the squadron in the Gulf to co-operate if he found
himself unable to do so alone. The Government, in.its reply to the
report, expressed its opinion that it would have been better to make
further inquiries into the affair before offering the use of the marine
force against Huailah, and at the same time detailed the reasons which
made the case in question come rather under the description of a feu
for supremacy than a case of piracy. The whole account of the trans­
action, however, was subsequently reported to be entirely without

In 1825, Salmin bin Nassir, the elder brother of Shaikh Abdoolla, died,
and was succeeded in his property an po llica
a. d. 1825. influence by his eldest son, Shaikh Khaleefa, who
of the island in equal proper-
in consequence shared the net revenue

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