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Occurrences.
Date.

arc signally defeated, willi groat loss, two of his relations
and principal Sirdars being killed.
a. n. The Wahabcc Chief, incensed against Shaikh Hamah bin
Oct. JBIG Jaubir, for having taken part with the Imauni of Muskat,
directs his property and family to be seized and brought
up to Beriah : he escapes with them, with groat difficulty,
to Bush ire.
1818 Hamah bin Jaubir proceeds to, and lands with some guns at
Kateef, which, in concert with Ibrahim Pasha, he batters,
and commences to rebuild his old fort at Damaum, destroy­
ed by the Wahabccs in 1816.
1819 Seventeen Indian women, captured by the pirates of Has-ool-
Khyma, arc restored to liberty, by the Bahrein Chiefs
releasing a number of Joasrncc prisoners in exchange, at
the instance of Captain Lock, of His Majesty’s vessel
Eden, on that ship visiting the island, accompanied by
five other vessels of war, for the purpose of inquiring into
the report that several Indian women had been brought
from llas-ool-Khyma, and publicly sold in the bazar at
Bahrein, which proved unfounded,
1819-20 lamah bin Jaubir is informed by the British authority that
his vessels would not be permitted to leave Kateef to cruise
against the people of Bahrein, unless acting with an
authorised Slate, in regular warfare.
Feb.1820 He proceeds with his three vessels to Bushire, in order to
co-operate in an expedition projected against Bahrein
by the Prince of Shiraz. On his way down to Tauzee his
large Buggalow is wrecked on the Bcrdislan Shoal, and he
and his people escape with great difficulty with their lives.
April. Ramah bin Jaubir refuses to become a member of the Ge­
neral Treaty, under the plea of his being the servant of the
Persian Government. The Governor of Bushire engaging
to be responsible for his future peaceable conduct, the
excuse is admitted.
After the capture of Ras-ool-Khymaby the British expedition,
the Shaikh of Bahrein delivers up the vessels belonging to
•the piratical powers, which were in his harbour.
The General Treaty is first signed at Ras-ool-IChyma by the
Vukcel of the Ultoobce Shaikhs, and subsequently by
themselves in Bahrein.