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assistance in his power to forward tho ontcrprizc. To this advice. Sheikh
Sultan unhappily assented paying only so much regard to tho promise ho had
made to mo, as to address me a letter of which lie did not await the reply and
accordingly on my arrival olT the place on
*3&13£«“S!£1Z tho 31st 1 r°"".'1 I» hid been
H»d b«‘cn engRged therein as on Rcsiiicufi already engaged in its seige sumo 25 davs
gmr*1, with a foroo which including Ahmed-el-
Sudeyrec and his retinue consisting of about 150 followers and a contingent
derived from tho Chief of JSjman numbered from three to four thousand
lighting men.
“There can be little doubt, I believo, considering tho irregularity of which
Sheikh Sultan had been guilty iu not awaiting my sanction, as well as in
• Ho M brought two from Un,-oh whi.h. transporting * guns .nid warlike stores, as
with two oth-re, trnnoportci by sea SUrjah end he proved to liaVO done from thO Persian
ono from Ejmann formed hit «eig« train. Coast, and considering more especially tho
designs of the Wahabee Lieutenant which the latter was at no pains to conceal
from the British Agent, that, I should have acted strictly within the limits of
the authority of Government had I
Resident’* views of the case.
required him peremptorily to abandon the
expedition and return to Sharjah, but I reflected that to do so would be to
proclaim the independence of Himrceah and thus to encourage perhaps the
revolro and dismemberment of his other possessions, while at the same time I
should furnish him with a valid excuse for declining responsibility for their
acts hereafter: nor did the occasion require tho adoption of so stringent a
measure. Owing to the sympathy and suppirt of the minor Chieftains
of Debaic and Amulgavinc who at all times jealous of tho power of the
Joasmees had now a two-fold interest in defeating a project which, if successful,
might lead the way to their own subjuga­
The enterprize a failure.
tion, the enterprize had thus for signally
failed. Notwithstanding tho meanness of their fortifications, the inhabitants
of Himrecah numbering about 8U0 lighting men had defended themselves with
valour and success and after losing his eldest surviving son Abdullah with
tAmons there nu a Banyan a n tire of Sind, men killed and twice that number
by name Wulloo whose lrg wet fluttered by a WOlUldcd, while the 10SS of tllC bCSCigOd
cannon b ill.
was now ™ nnvin„Q i- . , , ^ not exceed 10 t men, Sheikh Sultan
in en*a<rin<Mn them lln(luish hostilities as lie had before been precipitate
3 3 71 so soou as t.ie Cline anchored, his son Sheikh lbraheem
provid^hVcan^o^w^thoa^disciWit «}? confidential attendant Mahomed
aRSsr w* v+v&saszj&zziz
“ on any terms that should release him from hi?dilemma without absolute
bat guaraiiteeTefiised"0 *nd afforJed. disgrace, to which end lie solicited my

to afford as well m^ lt ln™lidate the mediation. I was thus induced
enablin'* both c,'Hpq f t ie,71.ow checking the further effusion of blood as of
bX SiV t0partiClP^ - the Pear! Fishery. Two days were spent
mv par?' threaten pH CfUSK°nS W^1C^ ow,n? to fc,,° refusal of any guarantee, on
S aSS 0 b? The presence perhaps the secret Counsels
ulgavme who came on hoard at the time to visit me seemed
to confirm the Shooevheen in their obsti-
Obstinacy of tho Sbooeyheen.
resolutinn tn , nacy, and it was not until I declared my
resolution to suspend my good offices and leaving the issue to the sword to
Resident tbr«»ten. to ro*p*nd bi* enforce strictly the provisions of the
*n en orc# pr°Twi°us of Aiuritime Treaty. cs Mari tine Treaty, whereby they would be

make auy concSLn, ^V* °* tribe, «lwwed themselves disposed to
the Joasmee Phipf jm'l 1,10 Vantage, however, which would thus accrue to
ae Joasmee Chief did he proceed to extremity induced them to reflect upon tho
probable consequences and they at length
Aooommodatlon at length affeoted.
agreed to address him a letter wherein