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No 24125 From the Resident In the Persian Gulf
dated the 12th November with enclosure
Sir,
I do myself the honor to acquaint you that I yesterday

returned to Bushire from the Southern Coast, and have to announce
with regret, the total failure of my endeavours to deter Rahma
bin Jabir from the further prosecution of his unprovoked
aggressions on his neighbours for the protection of whom I have
been compelled to station two Cruisers off Daman till the receipt
of instructions on the subject from the Honorable the Governor in
Council.

2. In my Dispatch No. 43 in this Department, I had the
honor briefly to report that the improper conduct of this
Chieftain demanded my presence at Katiffe, and I accordingly
proceeded in that direction in the full confidence that a firm
remonstrance would have the effect of restraining his violence

till I could obtain some slight concession in his favour from
the Katiffe Government, which I calculated on their agreeing to,
for the sake of permanent security under our mediation, With
this impression I took the earliest opportunity after my arrival
at Bahrein to address letters of which the enclosed are Copies,
to Mahomed bin Erraher and Rahma bin Jabir, acquainting them

of the motive of my visit, and entreating them to accept of my
good offices in settling their differences - Previous to my
leaving Bushire I had dispatched intimation to the former
Chieftain, of my intended visit to Kattiffe and fully expected
that either he or his brother Sheikh Majeed who professes
nearly equal authority in the Government, would have set out

for the Sea Coast in order to confer with me personally on the