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466 BENIYAS.

About the latter part of the year 1825, the Imaum having arrived in
the Gulf with a fleet, His Highness offered his
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mediation, which was accepted, and a peace
between the Beniyas Chief and Sultan bin Suggur was again conclud­
ed. The terms agreed upon were that the fort of Derail should be
demolished, and Salmin bin Nassir, with the Sooedan Tribe, removed
out of Shaikh Sultan’s territories, while the fort of Debaye was to receive
a party of troops, under the command of an officer of the Imaum.
In 1826 Obed bin Sadoon (a follower of Sooedan bin Zaal, already
mentioned as having fled from Aboothabee in
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1822) and Syf bin Thykhan sailed from Biddah,
and captured a Buggalow belonging to Aboothabee, killing and wound­
ing several of her people. They also took possession of an Amulgavine
boat, in which there was one man killed, and another wounded; but
afterwards allowed her to proceed on her voyage. Subsequently, these
marauders stripped a Bahrein boat, and carried all the plunder to
Biddah, from which place they made their escape. These proceedings
created a lively indignation in the mind of Shaikh Tahnoon against
Abdoolla bin Ahmed, the Chief of Bahrein, for the countenance and
shelter afforded to his rebellious subjects. He appealed very earnestly
to the British authority for redress, and was with some difficulty re­
strained from declaring war against the Uttoobee Shaikh.
The terms of the treaty lately concluded between the Joasmee and
Beniyas Tribes, relating to the demolition of Derah and the removal of
the Sooedan Tribe, not having been carried into effect by Shaikh
Tahnoon, the Joasmee Chief applied, in September 1826, to the Resident,
for permission to endeavour to dislodge the occupants by force. He
consented however to delay his proceedings until it was seen whether
the Aboothabee Shaikh would attend to the recommendation given him
by the British authority for him to withdraw his countenance and support
from the Sooedan Tribe. No attention, however, was paid by Tahnoon
to the-personal exhortations of the Resident, who, in the course of an in­
terview at Aboothabee, endeavoured to convince him that the evacuation
of the place in question had become necessary for the preservation of
the public peace, which was constantly perilled by the outrageous con­
duct of Salmin bin Nassir’s followers towards the neighbouring tribes,
and that both his credit and interest depended in a great measure upon
the due performance of his engagement regarding the demolition ot
Derah, as the treaty containing this article had received'the sanction ot
His Highness the Imaum, and the English Government. finding ®
Beniyas Chief inflexible, the British authority proceeded to Muskat, ana
there, having acquainted His Highness the Imaum with the: contu y
displayed by Shaikh Tahnoon, His Highness promised to »en

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