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RESIDENCY AND liUSKAT POLITICAL AGENCY FOR 1879-80. 49
and eventually the Muskat Government agreed to pay an enhanced
tribute of J 2,000 crowns per annum, and also arrears to the amount of
00,000. The Wabdbee Prince, on his side, undertook to assist the
Regent of Muskat, in case of need, against internal rebellion. The year
A.D. 1853. after Seyyid Thoweynee called on 'Ab­
dul lah-bin-Foysal to act up to his
engagement by aiding in the coercion of rebel tribes of the Bitinah
district, an appeal to which 'Abdullah
[Government Selection.}
reluctantly acceded, and an arrangemeut
was effected.
In the year 1855-56 some correspondence passed between the
A.D. 1855-56. Wahabce Amir and the British repre­
sentative in consequence of the former
re-asserting his claim to suzerainty over the islands of Bahrain, a claim
which was rejected and opposed by the British Government. On this
occasion the Amir was warned that his interference in that quarter
would not be tolerated. Though dissatisfied and irritated at this, the
Amir none the less intimated his de­
[Official Records.]
ference to the British policy, and bis
readiness to co-operate with that power in the repression of maritime
disorders.
About this period the Beni-Yas Chief of Abu-Dhebbi, Za'eed-bin-
Khaleefah, having been ejected from his town by a relative, appealed for
aid to the Amir, who instructed his agent in 'Oman, Ahmed El-Sadyrce,
to assist the Shaikh, who recovered his authority.
Mohammed-bin-'Abdullah had, in 1S4-3, been expelled from Bahrain,
the government of which he bad seized the previous year, and for
several years the cx-Chief had resided
A.D. 1859.
at Demdra under Wahdbec protection;
until in the year 1859 Feysal determined to support him in recovering
the government of the islands, and made preparations to give him active
assistance. A demonstration was thereupon made by the British squadron
which had the effect of frustrating the scheme to the intense annoyance
of the Wababco Amir. On the British Resident demanding the
expulsion of Mohammed-bin-'Abdullah from Demdm, Feysal^ replied in
terms of bitter reproach, inveighing against the policy of the British
Government in denying his right of suzerainty over Bahrain and the
’Uttoobecs. The Amir was able to complain with truth that the actual
Chief of Bahrain, Mofcammed-bin-Kbaleefah, had provoked his resent­
ment, and rendered himself justly liable to reprisals by inciting the tnTx*
of El-Katr to acts of aggression against Wabdbee subjects. In 1861
the Bahrain Chief went so tar as to
A.D. 186L cruise with six armed boats against
Deradm, a proceeding which was disapproved and censured by’the British
Government. Pressure was brought on Mohammed-bin-Khaleerah to
force him to withdraw his vessels to bis own waters, and he was bound
by treaty, in 1861, to refrain from such acts of aggression in future.
By the action of the British squadron
[Government Record*.] towards Demdm, the same year, the
refugee Shaikh Mobamnied-bm-’Abdullah was forced to quit that place.
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