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pel (lie Bahrein Shaikh lo pay in cash for such purl of the plundered cargo
as was not forthcoming; and at the same lime it was staled, that to cfTcct
this object it would be necessary lo blockade the port with four ships of
war, and perhaps lo destroy the shipping by means of shells and Con­
greve rockets, for which latter purpose a small vessel would be required.
The Government, however, satisfied with the redress already obtained,
determined to take no further steps in the affair.
On the 2nd December 1829, peace was concluded between the Chief
of Bahrein and the Imaum of Muskat, through the mediation ol Shaikh
Mahomed bin Nassir, upon the terms that the tribute formerly paid by
tile Ultoobccs to His Highness was lo cease from henceforward ; that
no interference whatever should take place in each other’s concerns,
but that in the event of either Muskat or Bahrein being threatened by
an enemy, mutual assistance was lo be afforded. This last condition
was not reduced lo writing, being merely verbal. Shaikh Tahnoon
was admitted as a party to the treaty, but the Aboosemale Tribe (princi­
pally residing in Asccloo) was specially excluded by the Uttoobcc
Shaikh.
Everything appears lo have gone on quietly in the island of Bahrein
until the end of 1S30, when Shaikh Abdoolla bin
a. d. 1330.
Ahmed was called upon by the Wahabcc Chief
to pay the annual Zukal or lithe, besides 40,000 German crowns, the
alleged value of a number of horses left under his charge by the Waha-
bccs many years previous. A demand was at the same time made for
the surrender of the foil of Demaum lo Busheer, the son of llahmali
bin Jaubir.
Aware how gladly Ilis Highness the Imaum would join Shaikh
Toorkoy with his fleet, in any attack upon
A. D. 1831.
Bahrein, the Uttoobcc Chief endeavoured lo in-
terest the British authority in the Persian Gulf in his favour; but
finding that the Government were determined not to interfere in his
internal affairs, he despatched a near relation to Ilia*/, lo wait upon the
Wahabcc Shaikh, and make the most favourable terms in his power.
After some discussion, it was arranged that the supremacy of Shaikh
Toorkey bin Saood should be acknowledged, and the Zukal paid by the
Uttoobccs, in return for which lie promised them his protection,—thus,
if bond fide in his professions, putting an effectual termination to the
designs of the Imaum upon their territory.
The Uttoobcc Chiefs, however, at the present time still continue to
entertain suspicions as to the ultimate views entertained by Shaikh
Toorkey bin Abdoolla oos Saood regarding them. The recent establish­
ment of Busheer, the son of their late enemy llahmah bin Jaubir > upon
Demaum, under the sanction and authority of the Wahabcc Shaikh, has