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382 UTTOOBEES.

given them' great offence, which has not been diminished by the cir­
cumstance of Bushccr having been joined by the larger portion of the
Aboosemnte Tribe, between which and the Ultoobccs a most inveterate
feud still subsists.

FURTHER CONTINUATION OF THE PRECEDING, TO
THE YEAR 1844,

13Y LIEUTENANT A. 13. ICEMBALL.
We learn from the termination of Captain Hcnnell’s Sketches, that
the establishment of Bushccr, the son of Rahmah bin Jaubir, at
Demaum, through the influence of the Wahabec Chief and the Imaum
of Muskat, had given great offence to the Uttoobees, which was aggra­
vated by the accession to the number of that chief’s dependents of the
larger portion of the Aboosemale Tribe, with whom they (the Uttoobees)
!
were at feud. The views of the patrons of Bushcer appear to have
been,—of the former, that his proximity to Bahrein would act as a check
to the Uttoobees, and lead to the more punctual fulfilment of their
engagement to pay annual tribute ; of the latter, that he should have a
useful and devoted adherent in the event of his again undertaking the
attack of Bahrein.
The attempt (in January 1S32) however failed, and Bushccr having
quarrelled with the inhabitants of ICateef, des­
a. d. 1832.
troyed the fort he had just built, and left with
his dependents for Muskat,—an event which was looked upon with
the greatest satisfaction by the authorities in the Gulf, as removing one
cause of continued disputes and misunderstandings in these quarters.
The piracy of a trifling nature, as having been unattended with any
aggravated circumstances, committed in November 1831, in Ilallilah Bay,
by a person named Hussoom of Fowarah (a dependency of Bahrein), on
a fishing-boat belonging to Congoon, was now traced. The boat was
recovered, and subsequently restored to its owners, and the pirate
denied refuge on the Arabian Coast. It appeared that, on leaving
Ilallilah Bay, Hussoom proceeded to Ajecr, where he attempted to sur­
prise a Bahrein boat, but the crew being upon their guard, he was taken
prisoner, together with eight of his people. After a detention of several
days in Ajecr, the prisoners contrived to effett their escape, and pro­
ceeded to Huailah, where the captured boat was recovered from the
pirate, and he with his people refused admittance into that or any other
port of the Bahrein dominions.