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to iho political aulliority a lcllcr which he staled had been addressed
(o him, in common with the oilier Arabian Chiefs, by the laic 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
thomsclvcs the property of others. It is needless lo add the whole was
a gross fabrication on the part of lluhmah, which would probably have
never been brought to our notice but for his death.
From this period until 1830, Bushccr bin llahmah continued to reside
in Musical, without any material alteration in his
a. d. 1830.
situation.
In 1831, His Highness the Imaum endeavoured to procure his re­
establishment in Ocmaum through the influence
a. d. 1831.
of the Wahabcc Chief, but the timely submission
of the Ultoobec Shaikh to Toorkey bin Abdoolla oos Saood prevented
this arrangement taking place. Ilia Highness, however, succeeded at
last in obtaining permission for Shaikh Bushccr to erect a fort on Darcen
(a place on Tirhoot, opposite Katcef, 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 muny of the Aboosemalc Tribe, who arc still
bitter enemies of the Uttoobccs, there is every reason lo 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.