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applied lo on llic subject by the Resident, lie disavowed their proceed­
ings, and stated they had left his territories, but that lie would seize
them if they ever returned.
Nearly at the same time as the above occurrence, the ill-will so long
subsisting between the Ultoobcc Shaikh and Rahmali bin Jaubir came to
an open rupture, in consequence of three men belonging to the latter
being put to death by the inhabitants of Bahrein, on a suspicion of their
having endeavoured lo set fire to the town. In retaliation of this
proceeding, Rahmah seized a Bahrein boat, put one of the crew to
death, and threw two others overboard. The presence of the English
cruisers (stationed off Demaum for the protection of the trade of JCatcef
from the aggressions of Shaikh Rahmah), however, prevented the two
chiefs from carrying on regular hostilities against each other, and as
they were not prepared for active warfare (Rahmah on account of the
smallness of his force, and the Ultoobcc Shaikh owing to his apprehen­
sions for the safely of his trading vessels then absent in India), they were
both well satisfied with the arrangement, and were proportionally
alarmed on the removal of our vessels of war, agreeably lo the orders of
the Bombay Government. An attempt was made by both parties lo have
a truce for some time proclaimed, but the British authority declined
interfering in any measures that did not tend to the re-establishment of
general tranquillity. Hostilities were accordingly carried on until the
end of 1826, when Shaikh Rahmah’s Buggalow was attacked by a
Bahrein vessel of equal size. After a desperate action of some hours,
finding that lie had no chance of successor escape, Bin Jaubir set fire to
his magazine, and blew up himself, vessel, and crew.
In the month of May 1S27, a daring act of piracy was committed on
a Bushirc Bulcel off Gunowa, while on her way
a. n. 1827.
.to Bunder Dillum with passengers and treasure,
by an individual of the Monasir Tribe, named Obed or Abdoolla bin
Mohunnah, who had lately taken up his residence in Biddali, under the.
protection of Abdoolla bin Ahmed, the Chief of Bahrein. Several of
the people on board the Billed were put to death, and the remainder,
after being completely stripped, were landed on the Persian Coast near
Bordakban. Every exertion was made to trace and seize the perpetra­
tors of this outrage, as well as to recover the plundered property, but
with little success. The principal actors in it were ascertained to be
the individual above mentioned, and Hussein bin .Tassim, a native of
Bahrein; and subsequently a small portion of the stolen goods was
found in that island, and restored to the owners. To our demands for
(lie seizure and surrender of the above two individuals, Shaikh
Abdoolla replied that it was not in his power to do so, as they had fled
from his territories,—which was really the ease.