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KTIOR II ASS AN. 529

to the political authority a letter which he stated had been addressed
to him, in common with the other Arabian Chiefs, by the late Shaikh,
just before the termination of his mortal career. The purport of this
communication was to set forth that the most positive orders had been
sent out to India from the King of England, directing the authorities in
that country to withdraw themselves from any further control or super­
intendence over the Arabs ; and he therefore invited him (Sultan) to
permit his subjects to pursue their old occupation of appropriating to
themselves the property of others. It is needless to add the whole was
a gross fabrication on the part of Rahmah, which would probably have
never been brought to our notice but for his death.
From this period until 1830, Busheer bin Rahmah continued to reside
in Muskat, without any material alteration in his
a. d. 1830.
situation.
In 1831, His Highness the Imaum endeavoured to procure his re­
establishment in Dcmaum through the influence
A. D. 1831.
of the Wahabee Chief, but the timely submission
of the Uttoobee Shaikh to Tocrkey bin Abdoolla oos Saood prevented
this arrangement taking place. His Highness, however, succeeded at
last in obtaining permission for Shaikh Busheer to erect a fort on Dareen
(a place on Tirhoot, opposite Kateef, which becomes an island at high-
water). To this place he has now removed his family, and as he has
been joined by a great many of the Aboosemate Tribe, who are still
bitter enemies of the Uttoobees, there is every reason to apprehend that
the re-establishment of this unprincipled character in these quarters will
eventually lead to a renewal of the disputes and disturbances which
interrupted the tranquillity of the Gulf during the latter part of his
father’s lifetime.

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